ConAgra Foods Inc. said it promoted Andre Hawaux, previously executive vice president and chief financial officer, to president of Consumer Foods.

Prepared meat and sandwich processor Pierre Foods Inc., Cincinnati, said Dean Hollis and Margaret Cannella joined the company's board of directors.

San Francisco private equity investor Bay Grove Capital LLC said it purchased Seafreeze Cold Storage, Seattle, for an undisclosed amount from Japan's Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd.

Tyson Foods Inc.'s next chief executive officer will be selected from the Springdale, Ark.-based company's internal pool of management.

Monterey Gourmet Foods announces Tammy G. Katz has been named an independent director of its board effective Jan.1, 2009.

Stellar, Jacksonville, Fla., said it hired 24-year industry veteran Michael Ballew, P.E., as a senior mechanical engineer for the company's Food & Beverage Facility Services division.

Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Ark., said President & CEO Dick Bond has decided to leave immediately and that former top executive Leland Tollett has agreed to return as president and CEO on an interim basis.

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal reported that Schwan Food Company Chairman Alfred Schwan plans to retire effective Dec. 31, 2008.

Prepared meats and sandwich processor Pierre Foods Inc., Cincinnati, said it successfully emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization and that it hired William Toler as chief executive officer.

Chicken giant Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, said its board of directors named Don Jackson as the company's president and CEO.