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Canadian meat and bakery foods giant Maple Leaf Foods, Toronto, plans to build new meat processing plants and bakeries -- while it closes other facilities.

The Greeley (Colo.) Tribune reported that meat processing giant JBS USA, Greeley, hired Bill Rupp  as president of the beef division.

American Meat Institute (AMI) members elected the six officers to guide the organization through next year.

Consumers are sourcing their food across an increasingly broad range of retail and foodservice outlets, according to a new report by Technomic.

MegaMex Foods LLC, a Chino, Calif., joint venture between Hormel Foods Corporation and Herdez Del Fuerte, S.A. de C.V., said it completed buying all stock of Don Miguel.

General Mills plans to spend approximately $100 million and expand Yoplait yogurt operations in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Meat and poultry foods processor Hormel Foods Corporation, Austin, Minn.,  said it is the first manufacturer to achieve full certification in category management from the Category Management Association (CMA).

The Food Marketing Institute, Arlington, Va., said it hired Robert Garfield as senior vice president for the Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI).

Public refrigerated warehousing giant VersaCold, Vancouver, B.C., held a lunch and ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the business' Tacoma, Wash., distribution center.

Pierre Foods, Advance Food Company and Advance Brands said they officially closed a merger to form AdvancePierre Foods.