Johnsonville Sausage teamed up with Kraft Foods and Bertolli Pasta to launch "Italian Inspiration," a recipe contest where consumers can upload a photo and description of their recipe featuring Johnsonville Italian Sausage.

The Duluth (Minn.) News Tribune said that just one day before his Nov. 24 death, Jeno Paulucci agreed to sell Bellisio Foods Inc.

One produces refrigerated pasta on the West Coast. The other -- on the East Coast -- specializes in frozen pastas. Besides a common interest in Italian cuisine, both Pasta Prima and Carla's Pasta Inc. recently shared operational achievements.

Continuous flow pasta cooking, cooling equipment helps Perfect Pasta, Inc. live up to its name.

Maple Leaf Foods Inc., Toronto, said will sell a Burlington, Ont., pork processing facility to an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners Inc.

Feel like fine Italian dining? Now that meal is as close as your kitchen freezer. Buitoni North America, Solon, Ohio, introduced six premium meal kits for two -- including  a pasta entree and accompanying sauce.

Canadian agribusiness giant Viterra Inc., Calgary, Alberta, said it agreed to purchase Dakota Growers Pasta Company, Inc., Carrington, N.D., in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $240 million.

Refrigerated and frozen foods are an important part of the new Archer Farms Simply Balanced food line from Target Corp.