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CPG giants Dean Foods Company, Dallas, and Campbell Soup Co., Camden, N.J., each announced corporate office building activities.

Who’s the better toy and friend for Andy? Woody or Buzz? Cowboy or space ranger? That critical question started the plot of Pixar Animation’s “Toy Story” in 1995.

The Really Cool Food Company LLC, a Cambridge City, Ind., processor of refrigerated entrees, sides and salads, has merged with Renaissance Food Group LLC.

Chicken processor Foster Farms, Livingston, Calif., said it agreed to buy the Fernando's and El Extremo frozen Mexican foodservice business, brands and assets from ConAgra Foods Inc.

Central Storage & Warehouse Co., Madison, Wis., said it opened a 2 million-cubic-foot warehouse, in Eau Claire, Wis., to serve Wisconsin and Minnesota markets.

The Schwan Food Company, Marshall, Minn., said James Dollive will join the company on June 15 as executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Although its brands are found in an estimated 97 percent of U.S. households, very few people associate ConAgra Foods Inc., Omaha, Neb., with those popular CPG items.

New York state officials said Kraft Foods Inc., Northfield, Ill., will expand Lunchables production at its Avon, N.Y., plant.

The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry performed "significantly better" than the rest of the market in 2008.