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A.T. Kearney’s third annual survey of U.S. shoppers’ local food-buying habits finds that local food has made the leap from a “hot” consumer trend to a central growth driver for grocery retailers and restaurants.

ExaGrid, a Westborough, Mass.-based provider of disk-based backup storage, and OffsiteDataSync, a provider of data retention, disaster recovery (DR) and hosted cloud computing services based in Rochester, N.Y., entered into a strategic partnership to deliver ExaGrid Disaster Recovery as a cloud service.

Bob Evans Farms, Inc., completed a sale-leaseback transaction of its BEF Foods industrial properties located in Lima, Ohio, and Sulphur Springs, Texas.

Case Farms Chicken, selected Primus Builders, Inc., to provide the full range of design-build services on a 102,000-square-foot Greenfield refrigerated warehouse in Dudley, N.C.

In support of the produce industry’s efforts to drive demand for more fresh produce, the Produce Marketing Association, Newark, Del., announced a strategic alliance with the Entertainment Resource & Marketing Association (ERMA), a Santa Monica, Calif.-based association of entertainment marketing professionals, to bring fresh produce center stage through television shows, movies and online entertainment.

BOPP film specialist Treofan America, Winston-Salem, N.C., installed a new 8.7-meter-wide production line at its Neunkirchen, Germany, facility.

PaperWorks Industries, Inc., Bala Cynwyd, Pa., announced plans to consolidate its Canadian folding carton production into its recently-acquired manufacturing facility in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

Check out new personnel announcements from refrigerated and frozen food processors and suppliers.

Tippmann Engineering, Fort Wayne, Ind., changed its name to Tippmann Innovation.

Metl-Span, Lewisville, Texas, acquired Vicwest’s manufacturing plant in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.