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General Mills plans to spend approximately $100 million and expand Yoplait yogurt operations in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Meat and poultry foods processor Hormel Foods Corporation, Austin, Minn.,  said it is the first manufacturer to achieve full certification in category management from the Category Management Association (CMA).

The Food Marketing Institute, Arlington, Va., said it hired Robert Garfield as senior vice president for the Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI).

Public refrigerated warehousing giant VersaCold, Vancouver, B.C., held a lunch and ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the business' Tacoma, Wash., distribution center.

Pierre Foods, Advance Food Company and Advance Brands said they officially closed a merger to form AdvancePierre Foods.

Contract frozen food processor Overhill Farms, Inc., Vernon, Calif., said it executed a $30 million three-year senior secured revolving credit facility with Bank of America, N.A.

Meat, poultry and prepared foods giant Hormel Foods Corporation, Austin, Minn., said it promoted Steven G. Binder to executive vice president of refrigerated foods.

Diversified foods giant Campbell Soup Company, Camden, N.J., said Douglas R. Conant, 59, who has served as president and chief executive officer since January 2001, advised the board of directors that he plans to step down as CEO on July 31, 2011.

Frozen bakery products supplier Baker Boy Bake Shop Inc. expects by next summer to complete a 50,000-square-foot expansion to its 85,000-square-foot plant in Dickinson, N.D.

George Weston Limited said its subsidiary, Maplehurst Bakeries, LLC completed its purchase of Keystone Bakery Holdings, LLC for approximately $185 million.