Just a few months after selling a western regional yogurt brand to General Mills, dairy giant Dean Foods, Dallas, agreed to sell its private label yogurt business and several plants.

Several refrigerated and frozen food processors were among those recently honored as top suppliers by casual restaurant operator  T.G.I. Friday's USA, Carrollton, Texas.

Solar Nation, Portland, Ore., said it installed and commissioned a 200kW solar-electric system on a Gresham, Ore., public refrigerated warehouse operated by Henningsen Cold Storage Co.

Cheese and cultured products giant Schreiber Foods Inc., Green Bay, Wis., promoted Staci Kring to vice president-retail sales.