American restaurant chain Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill has signed a franchise deal with GS GMG to open nearly 46 new outlets in the greater New York area.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation to purchase 85,000 tonnes of U.S. raw cane or refined beet sugar in exchange for Refined Sugar Re-export Program credits.
Labriola Baking Co., a baker of fresh and frozen artisan breads, has been acquired by the private equity firm Plaza Belmont Fund III L.P., Shawnee Mission, Kas., and several other investors.
Ciro Echesortu, who has served as chief operating officer and head trader of Louis Dreyfus Commodities Group since 2009, has been named chief executive officer of the company, effective June 30.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said information collected so far indicates the discovery of bioengineered wheat growing in an Oregon field in late May appeared to be a “single isolated incident.”
