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Gerawan Farming Inc., Fresno, Calif., and Wawona Packing Co., LLC, Cutler, Calif., merged to create a stone fruit processing company.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), Arlington, Va., announced it will become the Consumer Brands Association (CBA), effective January 2020.

Inspire Brands, Atlanta, announced plans to acquire Jimmy John’s Sandwiches, Champaign, Ill.

Idelic, Pittsburgh, Pa., closed on an $8 million Series A financing round led by Origin Ventures, Chicago, with participation from TDF Ventures, Chevy Chase, Md.; Birchmere Ventures, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Bain Capital Ventures, Palo Alto, Calif.; and SaaS Venture Capital, Bethesda, Md.

Lineage Logistics, LLC, Novi, Mich., acquired two facilities from Van Soest Coldstores, a Netherlands-based provider of the storage and transfer of cooled and deep-frozen food products.

Simple Feast, Denmark, raised a substantial investment from a combination of U.S. and European funds in its recent Series B.

In what is said to be the first-ever field-based study of high school athletes recovering post workout, chocolate milk outperformed commercial sports drinks by a net strength difference of 6.7%.

Advanced Dynamics Ltd., UK, announced a further investment of around £250,000 to its Bradford, UK-based facility to help meet filling and labeling demand.