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According to the latest data from Nielsen, Chicago, 187 new meal kit items were introduced within in-store retail outlets alone during the 52 weeks ended Dec. 29, 2018.

Yum China Holdings, Inc., China, opened an innovation center in downtown Shanghai, China.

Monogram Foods, Memphis, Tenn., ceased operations at its Schulenburg, Texas, production facility.

The Organic Trade Association (OTA), Washington, D.C., created GRO Organic (Generate Results and Opportunity for Organic), a check-off-like voluntary program to support the U.S. organic sector.

Huber Engineered Materials (HEM), an Atlanta-based division of J.M. Huber Corp., entered into an agreement with Dunes Point Capital, LP, Rye, N.Y., to acquire Miller Chemical & Fertilizer, LLC, Hanover, Pa.

Crown Equipment Corp., New Bremen, Ohio, opened a new sales and service location in Reno, Nev.

Boulder Food Group (BFG), a Boulder, Colo.-based investment firm that backs disruptive, better-for-you consumer brands, closed on its second fund, "BFG Fund II," at more than $100 million.

Atlas Copco Compressors, Acworth, Ga., acquired Appleton Compressor Service & Supply, Inc.

CJ CheilJedang (CJCJ), a South Korea-based food processor, acquired Schwan’s Co., Bloomington, Minn., and several of its subsidiaries.