Having started with Northfield freezing in 1985, Bud Martinson is now back in Northfield's original building -- as director of sales for spiral freezing systems supplier NTFE America.
Dairy foods giant Dean Foods, Dallas, said it promoted Chief Operating Officer Joseph Scalzo to an additional post as president, effective immediately.
Perkins & Marie Callender's Inc., Memphis, Tenn., said it promoted Cheryl Ahlbrandt to executive vice president of marketing and research and development.
Packaging materials supplier Pactiv Corporation, Lake Forest, Ill., said it agreed to be acquired in a $6 billion deal by Reynolds Group Holdings Limited.
Pork and turkey processing giant Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., said Richard J. M. Poulson, executive vice president, will retire from Smithfield effective September 1, 2010.
Sara Lee Corp.'s board of directors today announced that Chairman & CEO Brenda Barnes, who has been on medical leave since May 14, will step down permanently.
The Frozen Food Foundation and the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), said they presented Dr. Linda J. Harris of the University of California, Davis, with an inaugural "Frozen Food Foundation Freezing Research Award."