Cargill Inc. on Tuesday announced a recently closed acquisition that will add two new production plants under the oversight of the company’s Wichita-based protein business.
The purchase, which the company said in an emailed press release closed in December, was for ProPortion Foods and includes that company’s processing plants in Texas and California. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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