Natural and specialty blended cheeses will pace future growth in a $14 billion retail market that is projected to be on fire by 2020, according to Packaged Facts.

Canadian dairy cooperative Agropur, Longueuil, Quebec, said it finished fiscal 2009 with the company's highest sales and earnings.

Recognizing that salt consumption has long been a health concern, deli meats and cheese marketer Boar's Head, Sarasota, Fla., says it is addressing the topic -- head on.

Artisan cheese processor Sartori Foods, Plymouth, Wis., announced two personnel appointments.

Cheese, appetizer and ingredients processor Sargento Foods Inc., Plymouth, Wis., said it promoted Louie Gentine to president and chief customer officer.

Canadian dairy cooperative Agropur, Longueuil, Quebec, said its U.S. subsidiary,Trega Foods, purchased Green Meadows Foods, a cheese processor in Hull, Iowa.

John Morrell & Co., Cincinnati, says Kretschmar Deli, a brand long associated with premium deli meat products, now stands for new line of specialty cheeses, all made by Wisconsin Master Cheesemakers.

Seltzer Companies CEO Richard Hazel announced that Carlsbad, Calif., suppliers Seltzer Nutritional Technologies and Seltzer Ingredients -- supplier of nutritional ingredients, colors and micronutrients -- have been combined and renamed as Glanbia Nutritionals Inc.

Canadian dairy giant Saputo inc., Montreal., said it received a copy of an unsolicited below market "mini-tender" offer made by TRC Capital Corporation (TRC), Edmonton, Alberta, to purchase up to 3,000,000 common shares of Saputo.

Cheese, snack, sauce and ingredients processor Sargento Foods Inc., Plymouth, Wis., announced several research and development appointments.