Lipari Foods, a Warren, Mich.-based food distributor, acquired the cheese cutting and packaging business of Jim’s Cheese, LLC, Waterloo, Wis.

Arla Foods Ltd., a subsidiary of Arla Foods amba, Germany, announced plans to acquire Yeo Valley Dairies Ltd., an England-based subsidiary of the Yeo Valley Group Ltd.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (la Caisse), Canada, and Agropur Cooperative, Canada, announced plans to set up a new joint investment platform for businesses in the dairy industry.

Norseland, Inc., the Darien, Conn.-based importer of Jarlsberg Cheese, debuted a line of portable cheese snacks.

Atalanta Corp., an Elizabeth, N.J.-based specialty food importer, acquired All Nations Cheese Organization (ANCO) Fine Cheese, a Miami-based specialty cheese importer business, from Schratter Foods Inc., Fairfield, N.J.

BelGioioso Cheese, Inc., Green Bay, Wis., introduced the newest addition to its snacking cheese line.

Emmi Roth, Fitchburg, Wis., introduced a new snack cheese from its Roth brand of specialty cheeses.

Fonterra Australia is matching its push to secure additional milk volumes with more than AU$165 million in capital expenditure in a move to increase capacity and meet unique demand opportunities for dairy.

BMI (Bayerische Milchindustrie eG), a Germany-based cheese processor, selected GEA Group, Germany, to supply an extended pasta filata cheese production line at its Jessen, Germany, plant.