Looking to grow their Awrey Bakeries LLC business, private investors Hilco Equity Partners, L.P., Northbrook, Ill., and Monomoy Capital Partners L.P., New York City, said they purchased the assets and operations of Atkins Elegant Desserts Inc.
Schwan's Consumer Brands North America Inc., Bloomington, Minn., said it appointed Travis Bautz as vice president in charge of a newly formed Product Innovation team.
Chicken processing giant Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, said it hired William Snyder, managing partner of CRG Partners Group LLC, Dallas, as chief restructuring officer.
Diversified frozen bakery foods and desserts processor AHB Foods, Cherry Hill, N.J., acquired Cemac Foods Corp., a Philadelphia supplier of frozen cheesecakes to charity and private label customers.
UK-based Brakes was looking for equipment that was diverse enough to handle all types and shapes of pasta - particularly long pastas such as fettuccine, linguine, tagliatelle and spaghetti.