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Kraft Foods, Northfield, Ill., said Timothy R. McLevish, 55, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will leave the company mid-year 2011 to pursue other opportunities.

Nercon, an Oshkosh, Wis., designer, line integrator and manufacturer of packaging and process conveyors and material handling equipment, has joined Rockwell Automation's machine builder program.

Hanson Logistics, St. Joseph, Mich., said it expanded its multi-vendor consolidation (MVC) program to include refrigerated service.

I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream. Foodservice trends researcher Technomic Inc., Chicago, says a love affair with ice cream is perhaps just as American as apple pie.

Breakfast is an important meal ... any time of the day. That was an important conclusion by The Food Channel, Chicago, which partnered with CultureWaves and the International Food Futurists on The Food Channel's "Top Ten Breakfast Trends for 2011."

Energy reduction technology supplier Powerit Solutions, Seattle, said it appointed Matthew J. Schiltz as group CEO.

Quick! What's the fastest-growing cuisine in the United Kingdom? Would you believe: French?

Having previously sold its refrigerated milk and yogurt businesses, Wells' Dairy, Le Mars, Iowa, told area media that the company legally changed its corporate name to Wells Enterprises Inc.

Dairy and soy products giant Dean Foods Company, Dallas, said Joseph E. Scalzo, 52, president and chief operating officer, left the company February 25 for undisclosed reasons.

North America's largest refrigerated cold storage operator, Americold, said it opened a 4.7 million-cubic-foot, multi-temp warehouse in Delhi, La.