Manufacturing

Apollo Global Management, LLC and Metropoulos & Co. submit a $410 million offer for the majority of the assets of the company's snack cake business, which includes both Hostess and Dolly Madison branded products, including the iconic Twinkies brand.

The world has changed a lot since 1929 and so has the way Silver Spring Foods (SSF) runs its business. Its old ERP system was unable to evolve as the company continued to grow. Find out how a new solution now enables SSF real-time access to every facet of its business, which greatly impacts its ability to make decisions.

Unilever will sell its global Skippy business to Hormel Foods for a total cash consideration of approximately $700 million.

As a result of this transaction, Dean Foods expects to realize approximately $887 million in proceeds, net of taxes and expenses.

Located in Twin Falls, Idaho, Chobani has invested $450 million to build this one-million-square-foot operation in less than 11 months. The company's presence in Idaho has already served as a catalyst for hundreds of new jobs and a significant positive economic impact in the region.

For a number of years, the company's Tools and Fine Writing businesses have led the way in China, while its Commercial Products and Baby segments are making good progress. The company is now in a position to begin building its go-to-market system at scale in China, utilizing Shanghai as a key hub.

Dean Foods will use substantially all of the net proceeds from the sale of Morningstar to significantly reduce outstanding debt, resulting in a stronger balance sheet and increased flexibility to execute against our strategies for our core dairy business.

Hostess Brands, Inc. has been forced by a Bakers Union strike to shut down all operations and sell all company assets. But with high brand recognition, it's expected that other companies may be interested in keeping products, like Twinkies and Ding Dongs, alive.