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Automated material handling supplier HK Systems Inc., Milwaukee, Wis., said it will provide an automated guided vehicle system to frozen vegetable processor Birds Eye Foods Inc., Rochester, N.Y.

Local news media reported that McCain Foods USA, Lisle, Ill., told workers in Fort Atkinson, Wis., that the plant's specialty food production line -- responsible for breaded mushrooms, zucchini and other items -- will be closed in August or September.

Emerson Climate Technologies, St. Louis, said it purchased industrial refrigeration equipment supplier Vilter Manufacturing LLC, Cudahy, Wis.

Hero/WhiteWave LLC, a joint venture between Switzerland's Hero Group and Dean Foods' WhiteWave Foods, opened a $35 million plant in Mount Crawford, Va., to produce Fruit2day, a refrigerated juice drink.

The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) said that starting next fall, its PACK EXPO International convention, Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2010 at Chicago's McCormick Place, will include a new integrated focus on processing solutions.

The El Dorado (Ark.) NEWS TIMES said local investors dropped their bid to purchase a Pilgrim's Pride facility there.

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.

Sara Lee Corp., Downers Grove, Ill., said it expects by 2011 to build a $130 million sliced meat processing facility in Kansas City, Mo.

New Orleans Cold Storage promoted Mark Blanchard to president & CEO.

Social media use is on the rise, but are consumers using sites such as Twitter, Facebook and Cafemom.com to make food decisions? According to a recent study, the answer is not very often.