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Chiquita Brands International, Inc., Cincinnati, said it appointed Brian Kocher as president of Europe and the Middle East, and that the company promoted Joseph Huston to president of North America.

It is no secret that the foodservice industry has suffered through a bleak economy, but the silver lining of the cloud could actually turn out to be icing.

The exclusive license holder for a frozen, filled pizza "cone," Cono Italiano, Inc., Red Bank, N.J.,  said it hired Interstate Caterers Inc., South Plainfield, N.J., to produce the item.

Expanding logistics services led Merchants Terminal Corp., Baltimore, Md., to change its name to MTC Logistics, officials said.

Pork processing giant Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., said hired Michael Brown as president and chief operating officer of Farmland Foods, Inc., effective October 4, 2010.

Canadian meat and bakery foods giant Maple Leaf Foods, Toronto, plans to build new meat processing plants and bakeries -- while it closes other facilities.

The Greeley (Colo.) Tribune reported that meat processing giant JBS USA, Greeley, hired Bill Rupp  as president of the beef division.

American Meat Institute (AMI) members elected the six officers to guide the organization through next year.

Consumers are sourcing their food across an increasingly broad range of retail and foodservice outlets, according to a new report by Technomic.

MegaMex Foods LLC, a Chino, Calif., joint venture between Hormel Foods Corporation and Herdez Del Fuerte, S.A. de C.V., said it completed buying all stock of Don Miguel.