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Performance Food Group, Richmond, Va., said it will add 35,000 square feet to its 80,000-square-foot multi-temp foodservice distribution center  in Springfield, Mo.

Paperboard packaging supplier MeadWestvaco Corp. (MWV), Richmond, Va., said it hired ConAgra frozen food veteran Diane Teer as president of MeadWestvaco's Food packaging business.

Frozen Mexican foods leader Ruiz Foods Inc., Dinuba, Calif., said it added two new members to its board of directors.

Today's consumers are continuing down a path of gastronomic adventure in their pursuit of hotter heat, tangier sours and edgier flavor combinations.

Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc., St. Louis, said its Vilter Manufacturing LLC business opened a $2 million technology and innovation center at its Cudahy, Wis., headquarters.

Frozen foods giant Pinnacle Foods Group, LLC expects this summer to relocate its corporate offices to Parsippany, N.J. from Mountain Lakes, N.J.

Foodservice distributor Jake’s Finer Foods, Houston, said it expects by April  to purchase certain assets of Gourmet Ranch.

Turkey processing leader Butterball LLC said it recently honored East Coast Transport, LLC, Paulsboro, N.J., as Butterball's 2010 "Carrier of the Year."

New York City-based cheese marketer Artisanal Brands, Inc. (AB) said it  hired Tully & Holland, Wellesley, Mass., as a strategic advisor to seek acquisition opportunities.

Tyson Foods Inc. said its Springdale, Ark., poultry processing neighbor, George's Inc., agreed to buy Tyson's Harrisonburg, Va., poultry operations for an undisclosed amount.