Global public refrigerated warehousing giant Versacold,  Vancouver, B.C., said it earned awards for outstanding supplier service from Unilever United States, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., The Dannon Company, White Plains, N.Y., and Danone, Inc.

Chiquita Brands International, Inc., Cincinnati, said it entered a European joint venture with Paris-based Danone to market Chiquita's Just Fruit in a Bottle fruit beverages.

Global yogurt giant Danone, Paris, regards the U.S. yogurt market as underdeveloped with consumption six times lower than in Western Europe.

The Global Probiotics Council (GPC) said it is continuing its "Young Investigator Grant for Probiotics Research" program.