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Coveris acquired UK-based St. Neots Packaging Ltd. as part of a strategic move to support their continued growth in cartonboard packaging.

Avure Technologies, Franklin, Tenn., announced plans to relocate its global headquarters to Cincinnati.

The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, announced plans to open a $175 million state-of-the-art distribution center on the nearly 1,000-acre Fort Gillem property, a former U.S. Army base, in Jonesboro, Ga.

Marina Mayer, editor-in-chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods and the creator of the Readers’ Choice Best New Retail Products contest talked exclusively with Karmen Conrad, director of frozen, Jimmy Dean brand, to talk more in-depth about the contest, the product and what’s in store for the future.

Pineland Farms Potato Co., Inc. dba Naturally Potatoes broke ground on a $7.5 million expansion to its Mars Hill, Maine, headquarters and potato processing plant.

Driscoll Foods, New York, opened its second foodservice distribution facility in Amsterdam, N.Y.

Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Ark., submitted a unilaterally binding offer to acquire all outstanding shares of The Hillshire Brands Co.

Columbus Foods, San Francisco, expanded its deli meat production capabilities through a new partnership with Harris Ranch Beef Co., Selma, Calif.

Danone announced plans to close its Casale Cremasco, Italy; Hagenow, Germany; and Budapest, Hungary, facilities.

Dot Foods, Mt. Sterling, Ill., announced plans to take its foodservice redistribution concept abroad via a joint venture company with Mexico-based RJ Alimentos.