National refrigerated deli salads leader Reser's Fine Foods, Beaverton, Ore., said it received U.S. Bankruptcy Court approval to buy the assets and operations of Chef Solutions Inc.
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High Liner Foods Incorporated, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, said it entered "exclusive discussions" with Icelandic Group to acquire Icelandic's U.S. and Asian processing assets.
Industrias Bachoco S.A.B. de C.V., one of Mexico's leading poultry and food processors, said it agreed to purchase O.K. Industries, Inc., a Fort Smith, Ark., poultry company.
Crain's Chicago Business reported that Kraft Foods Inc. may move some corporate offices from suburban Northfield, Ill., to downtown Chicago following a 2012 spin-off of its North American grocery business.