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Mountaire Corp., Little Rock, Ark., will invest $17.9 million to expand its Lumber Bridge, N.C., plant, according to the Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer.

The Arcadia (Wis.) News-Leader said Gold'n Plump Poultry, St. Cloud, Minn., broke ground for a 24,000-square-foot addition.

A majority of Americans believe nutrition in local school meals falls short of what children need, a new survey finds.

Clearwater Seafoods L.P., Halifax, N.S., said it hired consumer packaged goods veteran Ian Smith as chief executive officer effective May 17, 2010.

Ashworth’s new website gives customers on-demand access to comprehensive belting information.

Schwan’s Home Service, Inc., Marshall, Minn., said it hired Bob Corscadden, as chief marketing officer.

Nestle USA, Glendale, Calif., said it named 23-year company veteran Paul Bakus as president of a newly formed Nestle Pizza business, which will be based in Chicago.

Unilever United States, Englewood Cliffs, N.Y., said it hired Eugenio Minvielle to executive vice president of Unilever’s North American business, effective immediately.

The nation's largest public refrigerated warehouse operator Americold Realty Trust ("Americold"), Atlanta, said it launched an initial public offering of 43 million common shares of beneficial interest.

Global warehousing and logistics services provider VersaCold, Vancouver, B.C., said it plans in July to open a 196,000-sq.-ft. public refrigerated storage and distribution center in Tacoma, Wash.