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Bake’n Joy Foods Inc., North Andover, Mass., said it acquired Boston Coffee Cake, a mail-order baker of fresh specialty cakes and desserts also located in North Andover.

Sometimes less is more. And that's why frozen food giant Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC, Mountain Lakes, N.J., plans to discontinue two frozen meal and entree lines.

The foodservice industry demands change as often as the limited-time offers (LTO) at your favorite restaurant and 2010 was no exception, says Mintel.

Frozen bakery products contributed growth to Ralcorp Holdings Inc.,St. Louis, which reported its sales and earnings for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2010.

Supermarket sales grew a meager 0.12 percent in 2009 and same-store sales decreased 0.82 percent, illustrating the complex and challenging marketplace in which food retailers operate every day.

Dairy foods giant Dean Foods Company, Dallas, said it promoted Shaun Mara to chief financial officer effective Dec. 1, upon the resignation of Jack Callahan.

Cryo-Trans, Inc., (CTI), Owings Mills, Md., said it will begin managing a private fleet of refrigerated railcars for frozen potato processor McCain Foods USA, Lisle, Ill.

Maple Leaf Foods Inc., Toronto, said will sell a Burlington, Ont., pork processing facility to an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners Inc.

Sara Lee Corp., Downers Grove, Ill., said it agreed to sell its North American Fresh Bakery business to Mexico's Grupo Bimbo for $959 million.

The question of the moment for restaurant operators: Are the winds of healthy change truly blowing, or is it only so much hot air?