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Completed last summer, a $46 million central commissary in Claysburg, Pa., is now servicing the more than 350 convenience stores belonging to Sheetz Inc., Altoona, Pa.

New features at Hormel Foods Corp.'s consumer Web site (www.hormel.com) let consumers download and print their own coupons for retail deli sandwich meats (55 cents), pepperoni (55 cents), microwave bacon, party trays and even refrigerated entrees ($2.00).

You can’t handle the truth!” is the most famous line from the 1992 courtroom drama “A Few Good Men” starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore. In the Academy Award-nominated film the “truth” in question has to do with a violent crime.

U.S. food and beverage processors will invest an estimated $6.5 billion their manufacturing and distribution assets during the next two years according to Industrial Info Resources (IIR).

Chicken, pork and beef processing giant Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Ark., recognized five of its vendors with “Supplier of the Year” distinctions.

It’s not surprising that shoppers – across all demographics – are flocking to value brands as a way to save money during the recession.

Although the category has not been recession proof, U.S. retail functional food and beverage sales still grew by 6 percent to an estimated $31 billion in 2008 from $29 billion the year before.

Unilever United States Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., said it plans in late 2011 to close its Hagerstown, Md., frozen novelty plant.

CPG giants Dean Foods Company, Dallas, and Campbell Soup Co., Camden, N.J., each announced corporate office building activities.