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Frozen entree leader Nestle Prepared Foods Company, Solon, Ohio, said it will cut sodium content in its products by another 10 percent from reductions made earlier this decade.

When it first tracked America's eating behaviors 30 years ago, The NPD Group, Chicago, learned that 72 percent of main dishes at dinner were homemade.

Meat and poultry giant Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Ark., said restaurant operator McDonald's USA recently honored Tyson as the chain's 2010 Supplier of the Year.

Frozen Italian products processor Armanino Foods of Distinction, Inc., Hayward, Calif., said it posted record third quarter sales and profits compared to the year before.

Chiquita Brands International, Inc., Cincinnati, said it appointed Brian Kocher as president of Europe and the Middle East, and that the company promoted Joseph Huston to president of North America.

It is no secret that the foodservice industry has suffered through a bleak economy, but the silver lining of the cloud could actually turn out to be icing.

The exclusive license holder for a frozen, filled pizza "cone," Cono Italiano, Inc., Red Bank, N.J.,  said it hired Interstate Caterers Inc., South Plainfield, N.J., to produce the item.

Expanding logistics services led Merchants Terminal Corp., Baltimore, Md., to change its name to MTC Logistics, officials said.

Pork processing giant Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., said hired Michael Brown as president and chief operating officer of Farmland Foods, Inc., effective October 4, 2010.

Canadian meat and bakery foods giant Maple Leaf Foods, Toronto, plans to build new meat processing plants and bakeries -- while it closes other facilities.