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Millennials are one of the largest demographics in the country and will soon be entering a strong growth period in both income and consumer packaged goods (CPG) spending.

Henningsen Cold Storage Co., Hillsboro, Ore., said it hired Todd Lanter as director of transportation for Henningsen Transportation Services.

What will the breakthrough new products of next year be? Most likely something recognizable...with a twist.

Citing a desire to concentrate on European sales, Superfos a/s, Taastrup, Denmark, said it agreed to sell its U.S. plastic food packaging business, Superfos Inc.

High Liner Foods Inc., Danvers, Mass., said it promoted Bill DiMento to corporate director of sustainability.

Kemper Foods International, LLC, New Albany, Ind., said it expects by 2012 to more than double the size of its 24,000-square-foot frozen prepared foods plant.

The economic downturn can be blamed for a number of lifestyle changes, but causing Americans to cook more is not one of them, according to The 24th Annual Report on Eating Patterns in America, recently released by The NPD Group, Port Washington, N.Y.

The Top 100 limited-service sandwich chains grew sales by 8.6 percent in 2008, to $20.3 billion.

Organic fresh produce grower and shipper Organic Alliance Inc., Salinas, Calif., announced two personnel appointments.

Packaging equipment supplier Kliklok-Woodman, Decatur, Ga., said its flagship endload cartoner, the CELOX, earned one of the packaging industry’s most coveted awards: the StarPack Gold Award for “packaging machinery of excellence.”