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Cheese and cultured products giant Schreiber Foods Inc., Green Bay, Wis., promoted Staci Kring to vice president-retail sales.

Frozen food processors elected Ray Walker, Patterson Vegetable Co., as 2009 chairman of the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI).

Several Unilever U.S. officials will be promoted this April, in keeping with a global Unilever management reshuffling just announced by CEO Paul Polman, according to London's Daily Telegraph.

Stellar, a Jacksonville, Fla., design, engineering, construction and mechanical services firm, said it joined with customer United States Cold Storage (USCS), Voorhees, N.J., to donate $3,000 for a child in California's "Wish Upon a Star" program.

Unable to resolve U.S. government anti-trust concerns, Brazil's JBS S.A., Sao Paulo, said it terminated discussions to buy National Beef Packing Co.

Four dairy and government entities have formed the National Dairy Research Program (NDRP), billed as a “significant step forward” to coordinate and leverage research involving future dairy products and ingredients.

The Nest Collective, an Emeryville, Calif., specialist in organic and nutritional products for babies and kids, acquired Plum Organics.

Turkey processor Butterball LLC, Garner, N.C., cited increasing costs for a decision to eliminate about 150 positions at its Huntsville, Ark., operation.

Southeast public refrigerated warehouse operator Nordic Cold Storage LLC, Atlanta, said it opened its 13th location, a 3 million-cubic-foot frozen distribution and import/export center in Wilmington, N.C.

Excluding beverages, the food industry still represents the biggest market for flavors and fragrances and it could post annual growth of 3.6 percent to sales of $1.9 billion in 2012.