Meat, poultry and prepared foods giant Hormel Foods Corporation, Austin, Minn., said it promoted Scott Aakre to vice president of corporate innovation and new product development.
Paperboard packaging supplier MeadWestvaco Corp. (MWV), Richmond, Va., said it hired ConAgra frozen food veteran Diane Teer as president of MeadWestvaco's Food packaging business.
Turkey processing leader Butterball LLC said it recently honored East Coast Transport, LLC, Paulsboro, N.J., as Butterball's 2010 "Carrier of the Year."
Kraft Foods, Northfield, Ill., said Timothy R. McLevish, 55, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will leave the company mid-year 2011 to pursue other opportunities.
Nercon, an Oshkosh, Wis., designer, line integrator and manufacturer of packaging and process conveyors and material handling equipment, has joined Rockwell Automation's machine builder program.
Dairy and soy products giant Dean Foods Company, Dallas, said Joseph E. Scalzo, 52, president and chief operating officer, left the company February 25 for undisclosed reasons.