Broad Ripple Chip Co. thinking big
The manufacturer of gourmet potato chips is branching out across Indiana and into Ohio to introduce its original and sweet and spicy flavors to a broader audience.
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Ken’s Foods plans $90M plant, 150 jobs in Lebanon
The company will locate in the Lebanon Business Park and pay salaries “well above $20 per hour,” an economic development official said.
Egg producer Rose Acre Farms plans new $5M Indiana headquarters
Rose Acre Farms was founded in 1939 and is among the country's largest egg producers, with 17 facilities and about 1,900 employees in six states.
Kellogg closing 150-worker snack plant in Indiana
The Battle Creek, Michigan-based company determined its U.S. cracker manufacturing network had more production capacity than needed to meet demand.
Hostess Brands, four years after bankruptcy, planning IPO
The maker of Twinkies and Ding Dongs, which operates a major plant in Indianapolis, has been reborn under new ownership after crashing in 2012 under a barrage of labor issues and rapidly changing appetites.
New state law allows distilleries to sell carryout 7 days a week
The new law lifts the ban on carryout sales for artisan distilleries, putting the businesses on par with wineries and craft breweries, which already sell alcohol on Sundays.
Troubled food-additives maker ending local operations
Sensient Flavors LLC, which battled regulators for years over safety issues, plans to permanently close its plant at 5600 W. Raymond St., ending employment for 86 local workers.
IU biochemist helps craft brewers overcome costly challenge
Matthew Bochman has come up with a cure for “terminal acid shock,” which affects small and midsize commercial breweries making the popular Belgium-type beers known as sours.
FDA warns Gilchrist & Soames after toiletry recalls
The Plainfield-based company, which makes luxury toiletry items for the hotel industry, conducted voluntary recalls of more than 2 million products that were potentially contaminated with harmful bacteria in 2015.
New Wal-Mart milk plant to employ 200 in Indiana
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to build a multimillion-dollar milk-processing plant on 80 acres of farmland south of Fort Wayne International Airport, state officials announced Friday.
Green BEAN Delivery spreads into eight new markets
The expansion marks the first time Green BEAN has added more than one metro market at a time to its growing service territory.
N.K. Hurst considers expanding operations into Zionsville
The Indianapolis-based dry bean and soup packaging company is planning to invest $5.8 million to construct a 67,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution center at 10505 Bennett Parkway.
Baggott, partners sell Indiana food startup Husk
ExactTarget co-founder Chris Baggott and two business partners have sold Greenfield-based food startup Husk LLC, nearly three years after starting it, shifting their attention to a farmers market website.
Dow’s merger plans with DuPont might hit antitrust roadblock
The proposed merger of Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. would create the world’s largest agricultural-products company. But that’s bad news for farmers, according to some farm groups and antitrust experts.
Federal jury to settle bitter battle between sweeteners
Big Sugar and Big Corn face off in court this week in a bitter, multibillion-dollar battle of sweeteners that boils down to a mix of science, semantics and marketing.
World’s biggest beer makers agree to join forces
The $106 billion merger would create a company that would control nearly a third of the global market and threaten to dominate the U.S. by bringing together Budweiser and Miller Genuine Draft.
Growth allows Oliver Winery to invest in big equipment
This year’s grape harvest—a process which typically runs from the end of August to the second week of October—promises to be a bit less anxiety-inducing thanks to a decision that has been slowly processing over the past five years.
Pizza dough plant with 62 workers set to close
San Antonio, Texas-based C. H. Guenther & Son Inc. said it plans to close its Frozen Ventures facility in Indianapolis “for business reasons.”
Turkey breast prices jump after bird flu creates shortage
U.S. restaurants and retailers are facing a shortage of turkey-breast meat, with prices at a record high. The nation’s worst outbreak of avian influenza is to blame.
Pork processor plans $41 million expansion in Indiana
The company behind the Indiana Kitchen brand of bacon and other pork products plans to add more than 90 workers by the end of next year.