Fair Oaks Foods, based in Pleasant Prairie, Wis., broke ground Sept. 1 on its latest $134 million bacon production facility.

Tyson Foods announced it will invest $200 million to expand and upgrade operations and build a new well-being area at its Amarillo, Texas, beef plant.

Food preservation and sustainability company Corbion has opened a new customer support and innovation center in Singapore.

Turkey processor Plainville Farms recently received a $12 million loan from Gordon Brothers Capital to help with operations. 

Maple Leaf Foods’ seven-year-old plant in Hamilton, Ontario, was named Site of the Year for the Americas by Brand Reputation Compliance Global Standards (BRCGS), thanks to the operation’s commitment to food safety practices.

Eli’s Cheesecake Co. announced it is building a 42,000 square-foot addition to its existing facility on the northwest side of Chicago.

Mexican cheese, crema and chorizo producer V&V Supremo Foods, Inc., announced Aug. 10 it acquired Mill Creek Cheese, a cheese plant in Iowa County, Wis.

Foster Farms announced on Aug. 9 that it increased its entry-level wage to $19 per hour at its Kelso, Wash., poultry processing plant.

Producer Owned Beef LLC, a US beef processing facility owned by cattle producers and operated by beef processing industry veterans, received $12.232 million from the Texas Enterprise Fund.

Saputo Inc. announced its mozzarella cheese manufacturing facility in Reedsburg, Wis., will be converted into a plant for producing goat cheese. Meanwhile, one of its other facilities will close.