Scot Rank, retiring CEO of Walmart de Mexico and Central America, was appointed chief executive officer of Grupo LALA, succeeding current CEO Arquimedes Celis, who announced his intent to retire after leading the company for the past 14 years.
Carlson CEO Trudy Rautio was elected to Cargill's board of directors, while Muktesh ("Micky") Pant, chief executive officer of KFC, was elected to the board of directors for Pinnacle Foods.
On the heels of PACK EXPO International 2014, Katie Bergmann was promoted to vice president of administration and Maria Ferrante moved up to the vice president of education and workforce development.
Meg Ham was named president of Food Lion, effective Nov. 1., succeeding Beth Newlands Campbell, who is leaving the company for personal and professional reasons.
David Welch, director of business support for BI-LO Holdings, LLC, was elected chairman of the board of the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association.