Indiana potato chip factory closes doors after 89 years
Peerless Potato Chips Inc., a renowned brand in northwest Indiana, has gone out of business.
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FDA delays revamped nutrition-facts panel for food packages
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New food transport rules could boost big trucking firms most
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Coca-Cola manufacturing operations in Indiana switching hands
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Lebanon seeks to be food-sector hot spot
Conveniently located just west of Interstate 65 between State Road 32 and State Road 39, the 1,250-acre Lebanon Business Park is already home to several large food manufacturers.
Broad Ripple Chip Co. thinking big
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Ken’s Foods plans $90M plant, 150 jobs in Lebanon
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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
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IU biochemist helps craft brewers overcome costly challenge
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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
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Green BEAN Delivery spreads into eight new markets
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N.K. Hurst considers expanding operations into Zionsville
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