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Diversified food giant General Mills, Minneapolis, said it completed its purchase of a 51-percent controlling interest in Yoplait S.A.S.

Key Technology opened its customer “Innovation and Solutions Center” in Walla Walla, Wash.

Diversified foods giant Kraft Foods, Northfield, Ill., said it hired Daniel Myers -- effective in September -- as executive vice president, supply chain.

Canadian food processing giant Maple Leaf Foods, Toronto, said its board appointed Purdy Crawford as non-executive chairman effective June 22, 2011.

Chobani yogurt processor Agro Farma, Norwich, N.Y.,said it  purchased Australia's Bead Foods Pty Ltd. a Melbourne-based processor of Gippsland Dairy retail dairy products.

Frozen chicken entrees and specialties processor Barber Foods, Portland, Maine, said it will lay off 82 workers in conjunction with a move to increase efficiency and capacity at its St. John Street plant in Portland.

An automated freezer storage and retrieval system is just one of several features at a new bakery in Clayton, N.C., operated by Northeast Foods.

San Francisco-based private equity investor Encore Consumer Capital said it completed the $87 million sale of its portfolio company, Aidells Sausage Company, Inc. to Sara Lee Corporation.

William Blair & Company, Chicago, said it acted as exclusive financial advisor to Wenner Bread Products, Inc. in a recapitalization deal involving members of the bakery's founding family.

Supermarket food, packaging and supplies distributor Lipari Foods, Warren, Mich., said it purchased Eastside Deli, a Lansing, Mich. processor and supplier of ready-to-eat sandwiches.