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The overall theme of 2015 will be looking toward refrigerated and frozen food items that consumers feel are a good partner in the kitchen.

XTL Inc., a Philadelphia-based logistics firm, announced plans to open a $63 million, fully automated logistics facility in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Steve Davis stepped down as chief executive officer and director of Bob Evans Farms, effective immediately.

Australian beef processor Kilcoy Pastoral Co. (KPC) reached a definitive agreement to buy what is said to be Chicago’s oldest operating beef processor, Ruprecht Co., Mundelein, Ill.

Clemens Food Group, Hatfield, Pa., announced plans to construct a new pork processing operation in Coldwater Township, Mich.

High Liner Foods opened its newly-constructed U.S. headquarters, a 38,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility located in Portsmouth, N.H.

Carlson CEO Trudy Rautio was elected to Cargill's board of directors, while Muktesh ("Micky") Pant, chief executive officer of KFC, was elected to the board of directors for Pinnacle Foods.

Motion Controls Robotics, Inc. (MCRI) announced plans to expand its Fremont, Ohio, headquarters and manufacturing facility.

Hormel Foods Corp., Austin, Minn., and Excel Fresh Meats, a subsidiary of Cargill, dissolved their joint venture with Precept Foods LLC.

Canada-based Nature’s Touch Frozen Foods will invest $1.8 million to establish its first U.S. fruit and vegetable distribution facility.