date:Mar 28, 2014
Sunland Inc.s peanut-processing plant at Portales, NM, has been sold to Canadas Golden Boy Foods, a move that could restart a facility closed after a 2012 Salmonella outbreak that sickened 46 people in 20 states.
Golden Boys winning bid came Wednesday at the second court-ordered auction held in the past week to dispose of Sunlands physical assets. Its opening bid was a $25-million cash offer made Friday after the first auction.
North Carolina-based Hampton Farms then upped Golden Boys bid with