Hostess acquired by Smucker for $5.6 billion

Acquisition will extend Smucker's reach into new snack categories.

Having difficulty viewing this message? View it in a browser. forward subscribe September 15, 2023 THE MOST READ STORIES OF THE WEEK 1 Smucker to acquire Hostess in $5.6 billion deal 2 Eight injured in explosion at ADM plant 3 Mondelez sees three ways to grow in chocolate 4 Coca-Cola exec: ‘I’m not happy with where we are on BodyArmor’ 5 Slideshow: New menu items from California Pizza Kitchen, Panera Bread and Wendy’s SPONSORED MESSAGE Your partner for on-trend food ingredients We are always expanding our clean label, on-trend and identity-preserved ingredient options to give you more flexibility in your product formulations. PEOPLE ON THE MOVE Fontaine Santé Foods taps new CEO to lead North America operations Joe Ens most recently was CEO for HighKey. Sargento Foods promotes one, hires two Company names Erin Price, Mohamed Attia and Brent Mann to new roles. Glendinning, president of Tyson Prepared Foods, to resign Had been in role since October 2022. Former Mars corporate chief information officer joins UNFI Mario Maffie will oversee the information technology team. Carl’s Jr., Hardee’s adds marketing, chief financial officers Jennifer Tate and Mike Lenihan join the CKE Restaurant brands. IFT names Cargill exec as president Sean Leighton is global VP of food safety, quality and regulatory at Cargill. TGI Fridays names new CEO Brandon Coleman III will lead the company. Rich Products names R&D, FQSA officer Tracey Ziener had long career at Mars, Inc. Growth prompts leadership changes at Little Caesars Company promotes Paula Vissing, Ed Gleich. Hain Celestial hires new CFO Lee Boyce has 30 years of finance experience. Webinars - Active Sep 11 2023 How connected manufacturing transforms operations Sep 27 2023 Sauce up dressings & condiments with value driven insights and formulations Oct 25 2023 Food Entrepreneur® Experience Subscribe to Food Business News and get print or digital access today! Free Magazine Subscription To ensure delivery to your inbox, add foodbusinessnews@sosland-email.com to your address book or safe sender list. This is an unmonitored email address and replies will not be responded to. If you have questions or comments, please email us at subscriptions@sosland.com. Update your account     Forward     Subscribe     Unsubscribe THE MOST TRUSTED RESOURCE FOR FOOD INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS ©2023 Sosland Publishing® 4801 Main Street, Suite 650, Kansas City, MO 64112 Privacy Policy