While some businesses are cutting back operations and personnel, one that isn't is Pace Dairy, a 35-year-old cheese processor in Rochester, Minn.

United States Cold Storage, Voorhees, N.J., said it hired two executives to represent the company in core growth markets.

International Refrigerated Transportation Association (IRTA) directors voted for Gary Kelly, senior director of transportation & distribution at Schwan's Logistics LLC, as IRTA's 2008-09 "Executive of the Year."

Nelson-Jameson Inc., Marshfield, Wis., said it has become an exclusive distributor of in-plant cleaning chemicals and sanitizers from A&L Laboratories, Minneapolis.

Close to 70 percent of households in all income brackets said they reduced spending on entertainment and at restaurants during the past year, according to a recent survey.

Groupe Danone, Paris, will promote Gustavo Valle, CEO of Danone Brazil, to president and CEO at The Dannon Co., White Plains, N.Y., effective April 1.

JBS S.A., Sao Paulo, Brazil, named 30-year beef industry veteran Rich Vesta as president and chief operating officer at JBS USA LLC, Greeley, Colo.

Supply chain services provider Hanson Logistics, St. Joseph, Mich., promoted Andrew Janson to president, effective March 1, 2009.

Cheese and cultured products giant Schreiber Foods Inc., Green Bay, Wis., promoted Staci Kring to vice president-retail sales.

Frozen food processors elected Ray Walker, Patterson Vegetable Co., as 2009 chairman of the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI).