A newly created entity, Cuisine Innovations Unlimited, LLC (CIU), acquired Cuisine Innovations, LLC, Lakewood, N.J., and its subsidiaries.

Jeno Paulucci, inventor of the pizza roll, passed away on Nov. 24 at the age of 93.

One of the largest producers of frozen fillo dough and fillo products, Athens Foods, Cleveland, said it hired Scott Sumser as president.

William Blair & Company, Chicago, said it acted as exclusive financial advisor to Wenner Bread Products, Inc. in a recapitalization deal involving members of the bakery's founding family.

Frozen foodservice and contract food processor Overhill Farms Inc., Los Angeles, released second quarter earnings last Friday and noted that "the company is in discussions regarding a significant potential acquisition and has retained BofA Merrill Lynch."

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that Akron's Main Street Gourmet was purchased by Clover Capital Partners LLC.

Frozen bakery and snacks leader J&J Snack Food Corp.,  Pennsauken, N.J., said it expects by the end of this May to buy ConAgra Foods' frozen hand-held products business.