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Potato products supplier Nonpareil Corp., Blackfoot, Idaho, said it expanded its co-packing partnership with General Mills to include packaging and distribution of frozen potatoes under the Betty Crocker brand.

Growth has meant a name change and plant expansion at Gold'n Plump Poultry, St. Cloud, Minn.

McCain Foods Ltd., Florenceville, N.B., Canada, promoted Frank van Schaayk, president of McCain Foods USA, to regional CEO for the Americas.

Frozen bakery and snacks leader J&J Snack Food Corp.,  Pennsauken, N.J., said it expects by the end of this May to buy ConAgra Foods' frozen hand-held products business.

Twin Cities Business reported that Dairy Farmers of America Inc., Kansas City, Mo., is in talks with HP Hood LLC, Lynnfield, Mass., to acquire Kemps LLC.

Pinnacle Foods Group LLC, Mountain Lakes, N.J., said it expects at the end of 2011 to close its Fulton, N.Y., Birds Eye frozen vegetable plant.

LED lighting supplier Digital Lumens, Boston, said it secured $10 million in Series B funding and a new working capital line of credit.

Donatos Pizza, Columbus, Ohio, said it hired Alan Hoover as general manager of Jane’s Dough Foods, a division of Donatos.

The Tippmann Group, Fort Wayne, Ind., said it completed a 160,000-square-foot distribution center attached to Agro Farma's Chobani Greek yogurt plant in New Berlin, N.Y.

National cold storage and logistics service provider United States Cold Storage (USCS), Voorhees, N.J., announced two personnel moves to strengthen Midwest operations.