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Chicken, beef and pork giant Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Ark., said it promoted two company veterans to new senior posts.

Canadian dairy cooperative Agropur, Longueuil, Quebec, said its U.S. subsidiary,Trega Foods, purchased Green Meadows Foods, a cheese processor in Hull, Iowa.

Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company LLC) said Carlos Gutierrez, former chairman and CEO of the Kellogg Company and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, joins the iGPS board of directors.

Citing the loss of a major foodservice frozen dough customer, Sara Lee Corp., Downers Grove, Ill., said it plans to close  a Greenville, S.C., bakery.

Survey results from the eighth annual Most Memorable New Product Launch Survey show consumers had more memorable experiences with fast food launches than with technology, toys or personal care products.

National Restaurant Association (NRA) officials say their annual survey of more than 1,800 professional chefs reveals that local sourcing of ingredients, sustainability and nutrition will be the hottest trends on restaurant menus in 2010.

Retail natural and organic foods supplier Fresh Harvest Products, Inc., New York City, said it agreed to purchase an unnamed organic and natural frozen food business in Washington.

Premium frozen foods are an important part of a private label expansion move by Meijer.

Seattle-based Seafreeze Cold Storage said it received a $561,000 low-interest loan to improve energy efficiency at its 7 million-cubic-foot refrigerated facility in south Seattle.

Construction and fabrication services provider Corval Group, Inc., St. Paul, Minn., said it purchased American Industrial Refrigeration (AIR), Atwater, Minn.