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More than half of U.S. consumers often read the food label when buying a product for the first time.

Blount Fine Foods, Fall River, Mass., said it expects by this summer to complete the first to two phased expansions at its Fall River plant.

Nestlé SA, Vevey, Switzerland, said it concluded its purchase of Kraft Foods' frozen pizza business on March 1, March 2010.

The makers of BUBBA Burger, Bubba Foods, LLC, Jacksonville, Fla., said it agreed to buy a meat processing plant in Hastings, Neb., from Armour-Eckrich Meats LLC.

School foods processor and marketer East Side Entrees of New York, Woodbury, N.Y., said it changed its name to E S Foods.

The Department of Justice said it reached a settlement that will require Bemis Company Inc. to divest certain assets used in the production and sale of flexible packaging for natural cheese and fresh meat in order to proceed with its acquisition of the Alcan Packaging Food Americas business from Rio Tinto plc.

Proclaiming that  "America’s love affair with meat and potatoes is as strong as ever," Cargill, Wichita, Kan., and H.J. Heinz Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., formed a promotional partnership for Cargill ground beef and Ore-Ida potato products.

Hanson Logistics, St. Joseph, Mich., said it expects by July to complete an expansion at its temperature-controlled Chicago Consolidation Center in Hobart, Ind.

Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., said it promoted Dennis H. Treacy to senior vice president of corporate affairs and chief sustainability officer.

Productivity technologies provider RedPrairie Holding Inc., Milwaukee, Wis., said it agreed to be acquired by New Mountain Capital LLC, a New York, N.Y., equity investment firm.