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Automated Packaging Systems (APS) Streetsboro, Ohio, said it promoted Chief Operating Officer Cliff Brehm to the additional post of president.

Pest control specialist Orkin Commercial Services, Atlanta, has partnered with NSF International, a public health and safety organization, to develop a free online training video to prepare food processors for the pest control portion of their third-party audits.

Pizza delivery giant Domino's Pizza, Ann Arbor, Mich., said it promoted John Macksood to executive vice president of supply chain.

A well-known fresh bread brand, Roman Meal, may be coming to a freezercase near you.

Bongrain Cheese USA, New Holland, Pa., said it completed a "significant expansion" at its West Coast (Fleur De Lait) plant in the City of Industry, Calif.

Canadian agribusiness giant Viterra Inc., Calgary, Alberta, said it agreed to purchase Dakota Growers Pasta Company, Inc., Carrington, N.D., in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $240 million.

Prime Star Group, Inc., Las Vegas, said its Wild Grill Foods, Inc. subsidiary inked a deal with UniSea, Inc., Redmond, Wash., "to meet [Wild Grill's] expanded production needs."

Tennessee Valley Ventures (TVV), a Southeast lower middle-market private equity firm, said it sold two of its food processing investments -- Albertville Quality Foods and Southern Quality Meats -- to an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, LLC.

The fifth edition of "The Power of Meat," a joint study by the American Meat Institute (AMI) and the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), finds that the recession is continuing to impact food purchasing and consumption behavior, including the meat department.

The Associated Press reported that Pinnacle Foods, Cherry Hill, N.J., plans this July to close the Rochester, N.Y., corporate offices of Birds Eye, which Pinnacle acquired last December.