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Tired of $5 foot-long sandwiches? Another restaurant chain, Boston Market Corp., Golden, Colo., has been offering smaller portions of four popular menu items for $2.99 each.

Restaurant visit losses in each of the four quarters of 2009 contributed to a 3 percent decline for the year compared to a year ago, according to The NPD Group.

Dairy giant Dean Foods, Dallas, said it promoted Chris Sliva, 46, to president at Morningstar, a division responsible for Dean's private label, extended shelf life and cultured businesses.

Fresh Harvest Products, Inc., New York, N.Y., said it acquired AC LaRocco Pizza Co., a frozen organic and natural foods processor in Spokane, Wash.

More than half of U.S. consumers often read the food label when buying a product for the first time.

Blount Fine Foods, Fall River, Mass., said it expects by this summer to complete the first to two phased expansions at its Fall River plant.

Nestlé SA, Vevey, Switzerland, said it concluded its purchase of Kraft Foods' frozen pizza business on March 1, March 2010.

The makers of BUBBA Burger, Bubba Foods, LLC, Jacksonville, Fla., said it agreed to buy a meat processing plant in Hastings, Neb., from Armour-Eckrich Meats LLC.

School foods processor and marketer East Side Entrees of New York, Woodbury, N.Y., said it changed its name to E S Foods.

The Department of Justice said it reached a settlement that will require Bemis Company Inc. to divest certain assets used in the production and sale of flexible packaging for natural cheese and fresh meat in order to proceed with its acquisition of the Alcan Packaging Food Americas business from Rio Tinto plc.