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“It” is the family pride and tradition that are as much a part of Home Run Inn Pizza Inc., Woodridge, Ill., as the all-natural ingredients the 60-year-old company uses to make its award-winning frozen pizzas.

From a consumer perspective, there are few frozen foods more popular and beloved than the pizza.

Last year found Michelina’s - at age 17 no less - changing its name to Bellisio Foods Inc. in recognition of founder Jeno Paulucci’s ancestral home of Bellisio Solfare, Italy.

United States Cold Storage, Voorhees, N.J., said it expects by July 2009 to open the first phase of a new refrigerated and frozen food distribution center in Turlock, Calif.

Houchens Industries Inc., a diversified, $3 billion private company, said it purchased Chicago's Tampico Beverages Inc. in an undisclosed cash deal.

Westfalia Technologies Inc., York, Pa., announced that it has named Caio Seabra as Chief Operating Officer.

Henningsen Cold Storage, Hillsboro, Ore., said Chris Marsh, chief executive officer for Pulse Health, joined the company's board of directors.

Hormel Foods Corp. broke ground on a new $89 million production facility in Dubuque, Iowa.

Stellar, a Jacksonville, Fla., design, engineering and construction firm, said it finished building a 130,000-sq.-ft. meat processing plant in Seminole, Okla., for Sigma Alimentos SA de C.V.

Kraft Foods Inc., Glenview, Ill., said that it broke ground on the expansion of its frozen pizza manufacturing plant in Little Chute, Wis.