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The National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association (NFRA) will award 34 Gold Penguins in recognition of the best promotions for March National Frozen Food Month.

Retail frozen cheesecake supplier The Father's Table, expects this summer to move into a 100,000-square-foot addition at its Sanford, Fla., bakery.

Cheese processor Lactalis Foodservice, Buffalo, N.Y., said it promoted David Issenberg to foodservice channel marketing manager.

Sara Lee Foods expects in December to complete a 131,610-square-foot addition at the company's Chicago-area mixing center.

True to earlier statements, Kraft Foods Inc., Northfield, Ill., is emphasizing product improvement and incremental new items over dramatic, out-of-the-blue innovations.

Better for you foods -- including organic and light or low-calorie options -- will be among the fastest growing food trends during the next decade.

National Dairy LLC, Houston, said it purchased Promised Land Dairy Distribution Inc., a San Antonio, Texas-based processor of all natural milks, half and half and heavy whipping cream.

Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P., New York, N.Y., said it purchased a controlling 51 percent interest in Hain Pure Protein Corp.

Bemis Company Inc., Neenah, Wis., said it agreed to buy the Food Americas operations of Alcan Packaging for $1.2 billion from Rio Tinto plc.

To expand its Northwest presence, United States Cold Storage (USCS), Voorhees, N.J., has constructed and now opened a 1.8 million-cubic-foot public refrigerated warehouse in Clearfield, Utah.