Diversified bakery, meat and prepared foods giant Sara Lee Corp., Downers Grove, Ill., said Chairman & CEO Brenda Barnes, on a temporary medical leave of absence, is recuperating from a stroke.
Dairy products giant Dean Foods Co., Dallas, said it hired consumer packaged goods industry veteran Shaun Mara as senior vice president and chief accounting officer.
Global public refrigerated warehousing giant Versacold, Vancouver, B.C., said it earned awards for outstanding supplier service from Unilever United States, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., The Dannon Company, White Plains, N.Y., and Danone, Inc.
The Tippmann Group, Fort Wayne, Ind., said its Interstate Warehousing public refrigerated warehouse business broke ground for a 135,000-square-foot expansion at its Franklin, Ind., facility.
J & J Snack Foods Corp., Pennsauken, N.J., said it purchased the assets of California Churros, a Colton, Calif., producer of frozen Mexican churro snacks.
ConAgra Foods, Inc., Omaha, Neb., said it agreed to sell its Gilroy Foods & Flavors dehydrated and vegetable product operations to Olam International Ltd., Singapore, for $250 million.
The U.S. Department of Labor said Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Ark., agreed to a nationwide injunction that will require the company to pay its poultry processing workers for all hours that they work.
Citing strong demand for fresh, boneless chicken, Sanderson Farms, Inc., Laurel, Miss., is considering plans to build a de-boning plant in Goldsboro, N.C.
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