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Castle Harlan, Inc., a New York-based private equity investment firm, and its portfolio company, Gold Star Foods, Ontario, Calif., acquired A&R Wholesale Distributors, an Anaheim, Calif.-based supplier of fresh and healthy foods to schools in Southern California.

2017 is shaping up to be the year of the consumer sector, according to M&A data from Mergermarket, New York.

Movebutter, San Francisco, launched an online, direct-to-consumer supermarket.

Organic fruit specialist Eosta, The Netherlands, accounting firm EY (formerly Ernst & Young), New York, and other partners revealed the first results of a groundbreaking pilot program that demonstrates how organic fruit production has a positive economic impact on agriculture, the environment and consumer health.

Mastronardi Produce Ltd., a Canada-based grower and distributor of specialty and commodity greenhouse produce sold under the SUNSET brand, acquired Backyard Farms, a grower of year-round greenhouse-grown tomatoes based in Madison, Maine.

Shucks Maine Lobster, Richmond, Maine, announced plans to build a 28,000-square-foot processing plant in Gorham, Maine.

Precision, Inc., Pella, Iowa, acquired Meyer Industries, Inc., a San Antonio, Texas-based provider of vibratory conveying, bulk material handling and food processing equipment.