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Refrigerated and frozen juice processor Welch's, Concord, Mass., said it hired Brad Irwin as president and CEO effective February 16, 2009.

Carl Byrnes has been promoted to president at SCS Refrigerated Services LLC, an Algona, Wash.-based cold storage and logistics services provider.

Plastic tray supplier Associated Packaging Technologies, Chadds Ford, Pa., announced three hirings.

Chicken processing giant Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, said the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas has approved the company's hiring of Don Jackson as president and CEO.

Schwan's Consumer Brands North America Inc., Bloomington, Minn., said it appointed Travis Bautz as vice president in charge of a newly formed Product Innovation team.

United States Cold Storage Inc., Voorhees, N.J., has selected Stellar to build a 202,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution center in Turlock, Calif.

Bakery industry veteran Dan Scales has joined Little Lady Foods, Elk Grove Village, Ill., as chief executive officer.

Is the low-carb craze completely over? If pasta sales are any indication the answer is “yes.” Sales of pasta products (including refrigerated, frozen and dry products) rose 5 percent last year to $6.4 billion ...

The National Association of Flavors and Food Ingredient Systems (NAFFS) will soon host coast-to-coast meetings.

Pork and turkey processing giant Smithfield Foods, Smithfield, Va., said it closed its Smithfield Innovation Group, a five-person unit dedicated to new product development.