Food processors are facing the same challenges today no matter where they are on a map. 

Walk into nearly any grocery store in the U.S., and you’ll find dozens of products from Goya Foods. The company is America’s largest Hispanic-owned food brand—founded in 1936—and for many shoppers also one of the most recognizable.

One of the largest producers in the sugar industry traces its roots all the way back to 1799. Today the company descended from that enterprise produces 6.5 million tons of sugar annually from plants in the Americas and Europe.

The pet food industry only shows signs of growth for the foreseeable future. In 2020, even with the supply chain issues, there were no signs of a slowdown in this segment.

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Rather than waste meat byproducts and misshapen produce, “ugly” foods are finding a home as nutrient-rich ingredients in pet food.

Barvecue, producers of wood-smoked, plant-based proteins, has opened the world's largest plant-based smokehouse. The 10,000 square foot production facility, called Carolina Smokehouse, opens for production with an initial capacity of making 800,000 pounds of Barvecue a year and expects to employ 15 team members as production ramps up.