Companion Baking’s new palletizing robot – affectionately called Bruce Banner (aka The Incredible Hulk) by the staff – enables this innovative St. Louis bakery the ability to achieve a higher level of production efficiency and equipment sophistication.

Greensboro, N.C.-based The Fresh Market’s newest store, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., features a culinary kitchen turning out a variety of retail foodservice items daily.

Officials with Carolina Precision Foods LLC, a joint venture between Carolina Fresh Foods and Lake Foods, announced plans on June 16 to operate a further poultry processing plant in Florence County, SC.