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Pinnacle Foods Group LLC, Mountain Lakes, N.J., said it hired Antonio F. Fernandez as executive vice president and chief supply chain officer, effective immediately.

New frozen offerings Nestle Prepared Foods and Sara Lee Corp. earned top food honors at a "2011 Product of the Year USA Awards" ceremony in New York.

Processed meats giant American Foods Group LLC, Green Bay, Wis., said it expects in late February or early March to purchase Double D Foods Inc.

Seafreeze / City Ice, Seattle, said it hired 20-year cold storage industry veteran Bonnie Geise as vice president of business development.

Maple Leaf Foods Inc., Toronto, said it will close a prepared meats facility located in Surrey, British Columbia, on September 30, 2011.

National Beef Packing Company, LLC, Kansas City, announced several promotions.

France's SAVOYE said its Chicago-based subsidiary, SAVOYE Inc., purchased Retrotech Inc., a Fishers, N.Y., firm specializing in the design, installation, modernization, and support of automated material handling systems.

Seattle's Seafreeze / City Ice, a leading cold storage provider on the Port of Seattle, said it hired Bonnie Geise as vice president of business development.

Frozen bagged seafood and entrees processor Contessa Premium Foods, Inc., San Pedro, Calif., said it filed Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings in Los Angeles.

Having spurned offers from Brazil's JBS and others, global food and beverage giant Sara Lee Corp., Downers Grove, Ill., announced last week that it would spin off the company's two major business units into separate public businesses.