Supply Chain & Merchandising

Hormel Foods, a multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer-branded food and meat products, employs SignalDemand's software solution to enhance its pricing and demand management processes.

ConAgra Foods Inc. has acquired Chicago-based Lincoln Snacks, a privately-held manufacturer of the Poppycock and Fiddle Faddle popcorn snack brands as well as various private label products.

Frito-Lay Inc.'s Jonesboro, Ark. plant will eliminate tons of waste and reduce water usage at the facility as part of the Environmental Protection Agency's top "green leadership" program.

Briggs & Stratton Corporation, a manufacturer of small, air-cooled engines for lawn, garden and other outdoor power equipment, successfully implemented MCA Solutions' Service Planning and Optimization (SPO) suite to increase fill rates, reduce inventory and continue to provide world-class service to its network of global distribution centers.

Standard-Knapp, a manufacturer of innovative packaging machinery, introduces its advanced continuous motion 596S Continuum Shrink Wrapper.

Casual Male Retail Group selects QuantiSense as its retail business intelligence and data warehousing application.

Jesta I.S announces the latest release of its Vision Supply Chain Management (SCM) version 5.0, which includes several enhancements to the design as well as improved functionality from the user perspective and a common look and feel with Jesta's other Vision applications.

Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli AG has expressed interest to acquire the Godiva line of chocolate from Campbell Soup Company, according to an article in the Financial Times Deutschland.