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Citing feedback from its members and food processors, the Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) McLean, Va., said that it will transition to biennial convention, starting in November 2011.

Transportation initiatives are a key part of a second global corporate responsibility report published by Kellogg Company.

Private investor Littlejohn & Co., LLC, Greenwich, Conn., said it completed the recapitalization of CTI Foods Holding Co., LLC, a Wilder, Idaho-based meat processor.

Fresh wholesale baker Sterling Foods II, Inc., San Antonio, Texas, said it purchased frozen baker Caravan Trading Co., Union City, Calif., for an undisclosed amount.

Breakfast is served! Subway, Milford, Conn., said it has begun offering breakfast sandwiches in more than 25,000 Subway locations in the United States and Canada.

The Associated Press reported that cheese and whey protein processor Bongards' Creameries, Bongards, Minn., purchased a former ACH Food Companies plant in Humboldt, Tenn.

Dairy foods processor Foremost Farms USA, Baraboo, Wis., said it expects by early 2011 to complete an expansion at its Appleton, Wis., mozzarella cheese plant.

Saputo Inc., Montreal, said it plans by October 31, 2010 to close its Brampton, Ont., dairy, which processes milk and cream products.

Chiquita Brands International, Inc., Cincinnati, said it entered a European joint venture with Paris-based Danone to market Chiquita's Just Fruit in a Bottle fruit beverages.

Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., South Burlington, Vt., named Jostein Solheim as chief executive officer and vice president of global brand development.