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Cargill, Minneapolis, opened a $40 million chicken processing facility at its complex in Efremov, Russia, located 300 kilometers south of Moscow.

Igloo Cold Storage, Canada, opens a new storage facility exclusively for the fresh produce and frozen foods sector.

Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Ark., continues to accelerate the strategic expansion of its value-added foods portfolio with the acquisition of Circle Foods, LLC, a San Diego, Calif.-based producer of refrigerated and frozen hand-held Mexican foods, uncooked tortillas and Indian flatbreads, from Claridge.

Kontos Foods, Inc. opened a new 45,000-square-foot facility in Paterson, N.J., to manufacture its French-style Traditional and Savory Crepes, the Lite, Elegant Skinny Wrap and several varieties of Kontos Fillo Dough and related Fillo products.

HP Hood, Lynnfield, Mass., invested $84.6 million to increase ultra-high temperature production capacity at its Frederick County, Md., operation.

Effective June 1, ARPAC Food Group, Schiller Park, Ill., officially changed its name to Point Five Packaging, LLC.

Pinnacle Foods, Kroger, Americold and others experience internal moves, as long-time leaders announce their retirement.

Cargill plans to invest about $30 million to increase unloading speeds, storage and shipping capacity and add railroad service at its grain elevator southwest of Holdrege, Neb.

Dole Food Company, Inc., Westlake Village, Calif., approved updating the company’s owned vessel fleet with the acquisition of three new specialty built refrigerated container ships for its U.S. West Coast operations.

Grace Grissom, founder of Mrs. Grissom’s Salads and founding member of the Refrigerated Foods Association, Arlington, Va., passed away May 26 at her home following a short illness.