Sara Lee Corporation, Downers Grove, Ill., said it expects in 2013 to move its North American business headquarters -- with as many as 500 jobs -- to downtown Chicago.
A diverse holding company, Leucadia National Corporation, New York, N.Y., said it entered into a membership interest purchase agreement with National Beef Packing Company.
In advance of its 2012 spin-off, Kraft Foods' board of directors identified the chairmen and chief executive officers for its future global snacks and North American grocery companies.
Lyco Manufacturing has opened a food product development laboratory to assist its customers with product recipe development and machinery trials involving continuous-process cookers, blanchers and chillers.
The Associated Press reported that Schulze and Burch Biscuit Company, Chicago, paid $1.3 million for some assets and the real estate of Yarnell's Ice Cream Co., a Searcy, Ark., firm