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A New York City private equity firm said it acquired the South Beach Diet brand in partnership with its founder, Dr. Arthur Agatston.

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation said it plans by September 30, 2011, to close its chicken processing plant in Dallas.

Atllanta-based Nordic Cold Storage said it expects to "accelerate its growth plan and expand its services to additional customers in a broader geographic area."

Feedstuffs reported that South Korea's Harim Holdings Co. Ltd. won an auction to buy  Allen Family Foods Inc., a  vertically integrated chicken processor in Seaford, Del.

The National Restaurant Association (NRA) said its 2012 National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show -- originally scheduled for May 19-22, 2012 at Chicago’s McCormick Place -- will be held earlier.

Columbus (Ohio) Business First reported that Minneapolis retailer Target Corp. received an eight-year, 60-percent tax credit from Ohio to build a planned $100 million packaged foods distribution center.

Canned and frozen vegetable processors Seneca Foods Corporation, Marion, N.Y., and Allens, Inc., Siloam Springs, Ark., said they are contemplating a merger of the two companies in a stock-for-stock transaction.

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Little Lady Foods said it moved its headquarters and expanded its culinary center operations within a new 20,000-square-foot corporate complex in Elk Grove Village, Ill.

United States Cold Storage (USCS), Voorhees, N.J., said it is expanding its public refrigerated warehouse site in Turlock, Calif.