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Frozen yogurt sales boosted fourth quarter and full-year sales and earnings at YoCream International, Inc.

Restaurants and foodservice establishments serving up convenience are poised to do well in this post-recession economy.

Consumers' frugal behaviors -- adopted during the recession -- are becoming engrained and reflect a "new normal" approach to shopping, dining, and eating preferences, says market research publisher Packaged Facts.

Tokyo-based Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. last week said it will build its first U.S. production facility by 2012 and extend sales of its signature probiotic drink, Yakult.

Industrial Info Resources (IIR) Sugar Land, Texas, said Kraft Foods Inc., Northfield, Ill., is "proceeding with plans" to build a 960,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility in Union City, Ga.

A slumping national economy took its toll on food and drink manufacturers in 2009.

Dairy foods giant Dean Foods, Dallas, plans to contest a complaint filed last week by the Department of Justice challenging Dean's April 2009 acquisition of Foremost Farms.

The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today against Dean Foods Company challenging its April 2009 acquisition of Foremost Farms USA's Consumer Products Division.

Citing southern market growth for case-ready beef and pork, Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Ark., said it plans to shift some production from its Council Bluffs, Iowa, case-ready plant to facilities in Goodlettsville, Tenn., and Sherman, Texas.

Dairy cooperative Land O’Lakes Inc., St. Paul, Minn., announced several management changes within the company's "senior strategy team."