Alyse Thompson-Richards, associate editor-in-chief, recaps some recent plant openings, expansions and closures in the food and beverage industry.

The projects will include the addition of five new cage-free layer houses across its locations in Florida, Georgia, Utah and Texas.

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. has completed a strategic investment with Crepini LLC, establishing a new egg products and prepared foods joint venture.

Gravlee brings to Egglife Foods over 20 years of experience in account management, commercial strategy and sales leadership across multiple classes of trade.

The acquired assets include a customer distribution network across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and production operations in Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware and South Carolina.

The PIER (Plant-based food Ingredients to be Egg Replacers) project aims to replace 10% of the eggs used globally as ingredients in food products such as baked goods, dressings, desserts and ready meals.

The company’s facility in Seymore, Ind. will build upon key learnings and successes from Vital Farms’ egg washing and packing facility in Springfield, Mo., which opened in 2017.

Available in a 12-egg format, Cascades Fresh GUARD EnVision consists of a molded pulp base and a sleeve made from coated recycled board.

Vital Farms’ 2022 expansion of its egg washing and packing facility, Egg Central Station, in Springfield, Mo., has been awarded LEED Gold Certification for New Construction and Major Renovations.

Cal-Maine Foods plans to remodel and repurpose the assets for use in shell egg and egg products production.