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Transportation technology and supply chain services provider LeanLogistics, Holland, Mich., said it has been hired by Preferred Freezer Services, Elizabeth, N.J.

Palladium Equity Partners, LLC, New York City, said it sold Castro Cheese Company, Inc., to Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. ("DFA").

ConAgra Foods, Omaha, Neb., said its CEO Gary Rodkin joined Lamb Weston President Jeff DeLapp, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and others to officially open ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston's new sweet potato processing plant in Delhi, La.

Pardon the play on words but side dishes are moving into the mainstream.

What cultural and consumer shifts are affecting consumer packaged good (CPG) trends? Market and consumer trends researcher Mintel, Chicago, says a dozen factors will impact CPG products in 2011.

Contract frozen foods processor Overhill Farms, Inc., Los Angeles, said it will become the exclusive licensee to produce retail frozen Boston Market items.

One of the industry's largest supplier of frozen trays, APT, is now part of Sonoco Plastics, a new unit formed by Sonoco, Hartsville, S.C.

At its 66th annual membership meeting in San Francisco, the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association (NFRA) appointed H.V. “Skip” Shaw, Jr. as group's president and CEO.

George Weston Limited said its subsidiary, Weston Foods (Canada) Inc. purchased ACE Bakery, a Toronto baker of frozen artisan and European-style rustic bread varieties, for $110 million.

One of the nation's largest public refrigerated warehouse operators, Millard Refrigerated Services, Omaha, Neb., said it simplified its brand identity and now will known as Millard.