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Hyster Co. opened its new Experience Center located at the company’s Charlotte, N.C., headquarters.

McDonald's Corp. announced a turnaround plan, including a restructuring of a new leadership team. Meanwhile, Panera Bread Co. named Drew Madsen as president, responsible for overseeing the core café business.

Seaboard Foods, Shawnee Mission, Kan., and Triumph Foods, St. Joseph, Mo., formed a joint venture with equal ownership to construct a new pork processing facility in Sioux City, Iowa.

AGRO Merchants Group, Alpharetta, Ga., began the expansion of Gestion Frio Algeciras (GFA) located inside the Port of Algeciras, Spain.

ConAgra Foods, Inc., Omaha, Neb., acquired Blake’s All Natural Foods, a family-owned frozen foods processor of natural and organic frozen meals, including pot pies, casseroles, pasta dishes and other entrées.

Chicago-based Loeb Winternitz Industrial Auctioneers announced that assets from Matador Processors’ USDA food processing and packaging facility was sold as a complete operation.

Wayne Farms, LLC, Oakwood, Ga., announced plans to expand its Dothan, Ala., fresh processing facility.

Kansas City Southern, Kansas City, Mo., announced that its U.S. subsidiary, The Kansas City Southern Railway Co. (KCSR), will invest approximately $15.6 million on construction and improvement projects in 2015.

Word of mouth is a massive driver of consumer decision-making, according to the “Water Cooler Report.”

International freeze-dried food company Chaucer Foods opened its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Forest Grove, Ore.