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Pinnacle Foods Group LLC, Mountain Lakes, N.J., said it expects at the end of 2011 to close its Fulton, N.Y., Birds Eye frozen vegetable plant.

LED lighting supplier Digital Lumens, Boston, said it secured $10 million in Series B funding and a new working capital line of credit.

Donatos Pizza, Columbus, Ohio, said it hired Alan Hoover as general manager of Jane’s Dough Foods, a division of Donatos.

The Tippmann Group, Fort Wayne, Ind., said it completed a 160,000-square-foot distribution center attached to Agro Farma's Chobani Greek yogurt plant in New Berlin, N.Y.

National cold storage and logistics service provider United States Cold Storage (USCS), Voorhees, N.J., announced two personnel moves to strengthen Midwest operations.

Graphic Packaging Holding Co., Marietta, Ga., said it will issue 47.0 million shares of public stock to (1) repurchase 6.5 million shares of common stock held by the Grover C. Coors Trust.

As America ramps up its fight against bulging waist lines, restaurant chains are providing ammunition in the form of appetizing menu items with 550 or fewer calories, says foodservice researcher Technomic.

Processed meats giant Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., is considering the acquisition of Campofrio Food Group S.A., Madrid, Europe's leading packaged meats company.

Despite a weak economy, consumer packaged goods marketers are developing new products that raise the bar on consumer expectations around everyday CPG solutions.

Meat, poultry and prepared foods giant Hormel Foods Corporation, Austin, Minn., said it promoted Scott Aakre to vice president of corporate innovation and new product development.