Lineage Logistics, a Colton, Calif.-based warehousing and logistics company sponsored by Bay Grove Capital LLC, San Francisco, acquired Columbia Colstor, a third-party warehousing and logistics company headquartered in Moses Lake, Wash.
Canada-based High Liner Foods Inc. announced plans to cease production at its leased manufacturing facility in Malden, Mass., to reduce excess capacity across its U.S. manufacturing facilities.
Scot Rank, retiring CEO of Walmart de Mexico and Central America, was appointed chief executive officer of Grupo LALA, succeeding current CEO Arquimedes Celis, who announced his intent to retire after leading the company for the past 14 years.
Creation Gardens, Inc., a Louisville, Ky.-based wholesale food distributor of quality products such as produce, gourmet food, dairy, meats and restaurant staple items, acquired Mattingly Foods, a high-quality meat provider also headquartered in Louisville, Ky.
Gordon Food Service, Grand Rapids, Mich., acquired Halperns’ Steak https://admin-refrigeratedfrozenfood.epublishing.com/admin/article/general/xml#and Seafood Co., based in Atlanta.
Amarillo, Texas-based Caviness Beef Packers formed a joint venture with J.R. Simplot Co., Boise, Idaho, to build a new beef processing plant in Kuna, Idaho.
Chicago-based Silliker, Inc. (Mérieux NutriSciences) acquired Randolph Associates, Inc. and H. Randolph, Inc., Birmingham, Ala., effective Dec. 31, 2014.