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An automated freezer storage and retrieval system is just one of several features at a new bakery in Clayton, N.C., operated by Northeast Foods.

San Francisco-based private equity investor Encore Consumer Capital said it completed the $87 million sale of its portfolio company, Aidells Sausage Company, Inc. to Sara Lee Corporation.

William Blair & Company, Chicago, said it acted as exclusive financial advisor to Wenner Bread Products, Inc. in a recapitalization deal involving members of the bakery's founding family.

Supermarket food, packaging and supplies distributor Lipari Foods, Warren, Mich., said it purchased Eastside Deli, a Lansing, Mich. processor and supplier of ready-to-eat sandwiches.

Perdue Farms Inc., Salisbury, Md., said it launched of a series of documentary-style TV spots to unveil its first national campaign, "We Believe in a Better Chicken."

Refrigerated and frozen seafood products exec Todd Blount was among those recently honored by Ernst & Young LLP (EY), Boston, as one of its New England 2010-11 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award" winners.

Powerit Solutions, Seattle, said it received a Connectivity Week Buildy Award May 26 for its work with Four Star Fruit of Delano, Calif.

Campbell Soup Company, Camden, N.J., said its board of directors elected Denise Morrison, 57, as president and CEO, effective Aug. 1, 2011.

Global meat and poultry processor Keystone Foods, West Conshohocken, Pa., said it promoted Chief Operating Officer Larry S. McWilliams to president and CEO.

Hormel Foods Corp. Austin, Minn., said it promoted Robert G. Samples to vice president of sales and marketing at Farmer John, a Vernon, Calif., subsidiary.