Schwan's Consumer Brands North America Inc., Bloomington, Minn., said it appointed Travis Bautz as vice president in charge of a newly formed Product Innovation team.

Bakery industry veteran Dan Scales has joined Little Lady Foods, Elk Grove Village, Ill., as chief executive officer.

A touch of honey and olive oil are added to the crusts of new frozen pizzas from Red Fork Natural Foods. This is just one of the gourmet features that make the all-natural, old-world oven-baked pizzas unique, the Chicago-based company says.

Dr. Oetker UK Ltd., Leeds, United Kingdom, said it agreed to purchase a pizza production plant in Leyland, England and the Chicago Town frozen food brand from The Schwan Food Co.

Quality rules in the growing “take and bake” pizza market, where Great Kitchens, a private label manufacturer of frozen pizzas, takes great care to produce only the best.

When a pizza company finds itself needing to ramp up production, one way to handle additional volume is to add another processing line.

Citing a need to trim costs, Kraft Foods Inc., Northfield, Ill., said it soon expects to eliminate 400 jobs, or about 1 percent of its 46,000-employee North American workforce.

Approximately 25 percent of Marshall, Minn.-based Schwan Food Co.’s 2006 revenues (totaling about $4 billion) came from the company’s hearty foodservice business.

MaMa Rosa’s LLC announced that it has acquired Amstar Foods LLC, Greenville, S.C., for an undisclosed price.

At Home Run Inn Pizza Inc.’s recently expanded 68,000-square-foot pizza processing facility, state-of-the-art machines meet old world flavors and ingredients.