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Hidden Villa Ranch, Fullerton, Calif., is committing to add 600,000 birds over the next year for production across the country to avoid shorting on specialty cage-free, free-range, non-GMO, organic and pasture-raised eggs.

HTC Logistics, Inc., a Holland, Mich.-based division of Hutt Trucking, Co., Inc., announced plans to expand its dry and temperature-controlled warehouse and cross dock business.

Kraft Foods, Northfield, Ill., announced plans to make a $100 million investment at its Springfield, Mo., cheese plant.

The International Association for Food Protection, Des Moines, Iowa, appointed Dr. Donald Zink as president.

Georgia-Pacific, Atlanta, is investing approximately $65 million to upgrade its Madison, Ga., plywood operations, including a $26 million upgrade to the mill's veneer dryers.

Beef Products, Inc. (BPI), Dakota Dunes, S.D., will start collecting fresh beef trimmings at its Garden City, Kan., location, with an anticipated start date of Aug. 18.

ConAgra Foods' chief executive officer, Gary Rodkin, announced his intent to retire at the end of the company’s fiscal year in May 2015.

Frommelt Safety Products, a Milwaukee, Wis.-based division of Rite-Hite Doors, will change its name to Rite-Hite Machine Guarding, effective Sept. 1.

Rustic Crust, Pittsfield, N.H., is breaking ground on a new bakery and production facility on the site of the bakery leveled by fire earlier this year.

Golden State Foods (GSF), Irvine, Calif., acquired ownership of Snap Fresh Foods, a New Zealand-based provider of premium salad greens, vegetable mixes, baby-peeled carrots, fresh sprouts, dressings and condiments.