Millard, a leading refrigerated warehousing and distribution services company, said it purchased the Springfield, Ohio, distribution center of BEF Foods, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., Melville, N.Y., said it purchased the Europe's Best line of all natural, frozen fruit and vegetable products in Canada from The J.M. Smucker Company.
Private label foods giant Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., St. Louis, said its Board of Directors met and considered an unsolicited, non-binding proposal from ConAgra Foods to acquire Ralcorp.
ConAgra Foods, Omaha, Neb., reiterated its $94 per share, all-cash proposal to acquire Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., a private label products company and a leader in frozen bakery foods.
ConAgra Foods and NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment said they formed an integrated marketing partnership involving two of their largest brands: Bravo's Top Chef TV program and Healthy Choice.