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J&J Snack Foods Corp., Pennsauken, N.J., said Vincent Melchiorre, an executive vice president with the company's food group and the president of Country Home Bakers, Shelton, Conn., will resign effective September 3, 2010.

McDonald's USA, Oak Brook, Ill., said Karen Wells, vice president, U.S. Strategy and Menu will take on an expanded role involving U.S. nutrition.

Foodservice distributor Sysco Corporation, Houston, said it acquired Lincoln Poultry & Egg Co., a broadline foodservice distributor based in Lincoln, Neb.

Exopack LLC, Spartanburg, S.C., said it completed its $82 million purchase of two food packaging plants from Bemis Company.

To provide greater efficiency in customer service, Stellar, a Jacksonville, Fla., construction, design, engineering and mechanical services firm, has expanded its existing Refrigeration division to include the company’s Maintenance, Parts and Operations and Automation Services divisions.

Pinnacle Foods Group LLC, Mountain Lakes, N.J., said it hired kirshenbaum bond senecal & partners, New York, N.Y., to handle creative duties for the Birds Eye Frozen Division.

Campbell Soup Company, Camden, N.J., outlined long-term growth plans for its core businesses during a meeting with investors at its recently completed Campbell Employee Center.

The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI), McLean, Va., said it hired Corey N. Henry as vice president of communications and Jane D. Pritchett is AFFI’s new manager of accounting.

The Amarillo (Texas) Globe-news reported that Hilmar Cheese Co., Hilmar, Calif., plans by this fall to expand its Dalhart, Texas, plant.

Home delivery giant Schwan’s Home Service, Inc., Marshall, Minn., said it hired Bruce Bollinger as senior director of Innovation Product.