US frozen food producer Birds Eye Foods has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Freshlike canned vegetable business to Allen Canning Company

Food & Drink Weekly, April 19, 2004

> US frozen food producer Birds Eye Foods has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Freshlike canned vegetable business to Allen Canning Company. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Birds Eye Foods said the transaction is expected to close on 1 May 2004. Rochester-based Birds Eye Foods, which has annual sales of approximately $1 billion, sold its Veg-All canned vegetable business to Allen Canning Company last year.