Hilton Food, a firm engaged in the specialist retail meat-packing business supplying international food retailers, agreed to acquire Dutch Seafood Company, a producer and distributor of smoked salmon and shrimp, for $102m. "The acquisition of Foppen is an exceptional opportunity for Hilton and another step towards our goal of becoming the global protein partner of choice. More and more consumers around the world are seeking affordable, high quality, and sustainable protein, and this acquisition will help Hilton take our offer into new markets and to new global customers for the first time," Philip Heffer, Hilton CEO.