The latest food and beverage industry news and trend analysis

Pattison Food Group has launched a new automated fulfillment centre in British Columbia in partnership with Dematic to improve split-case efficiency and supply chain scalability.

Suntory Beverage and Food GBI has announced a 14.5 million pound investment in a Herefordshire blackcurrant processing facility to enhance supply chain resilience.

Locus Robotics has developed a cold-storage hardware modification for HelloFresh, enabling the meal kit provider to increase its chilled fulfilment capacity fivefold.

Coca-Cola Beverages Florida has opened a new 180,000-square-foot, $84 million distribution centre in Orlando to automate operations and handle 34 million cases annually.

Vertical Cold Storage has acquired a refrigerated warehouse in Dothan, Alabama, from Dothan Warehouse, expanding its network to 13 facilities to support the regional agricultural sector.

Pizza franchise operator Marco's Pizza is investing more than one million dollars to develop a 14,030-square-foot Operations Centre of Excellence in Orlando, Florida, to support global training and store expansion.

US recycling firm Circular Services has opened Florida’s first permitted commercial-scale food and beverage de-packaging facility in Vero Beach.

Protein pretzel brand Crisp Power has opened a $15 million production facility in Stafford, Texas, transitioning from an import-based model to domestic manufacturing.