The family-owned cheese maker’s new platform development team within its innovation division has a new senior vice president in Rod Hogan, as well as a new vice president in Holly Baumgart.
Dairy Business Builder grants worth a combined $2.5 million will go to 31 companies and cooperatives, the Dairy Business Innovation Alliance (DBIA) announced.
The Kraft Heinz Co. has funded two years of research at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University in Boston that involves turning sugar into fiber in the gut, which reduces the amount of sugar absorbed into the bloodstream.
Nuts and dried fruit processor John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. has acquired the Just the Cheese brand from Specialty Cheese Company, Inc., Reeseville, Wis.