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Bakery is one of the biggest drivers for in-store trips, bringing shoppers to the store nearly once a week, yet opportunities exist for retailers to increase consumption frequency and household penetration across individual categories, according to a report released by the American Baker’s Association (ABA), Washington, D.C., and Food Marketing Institute (FMI), Arlington, Va.

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR), Washington, D.C., partnered with McDonald’s Corp., Chicago, to launch SMART Broiler, a research initiative offering $4 million for research supporting the development and commercialization of automated monitoring tools that quantitatively assess key animal welfare indicators in broiler chickens.

A M King, Charlotte, N.C., completed a sizeable expansion and renovation to ALDI’s 500,000-square-foot food distribution facility in South Windsor, Conn.

fairlife, LLC, Chicago, announced plans to increase overall production capabilities with the construction of a new 300,000-square-foot production and distribution facility in Goodyear, Ariz.

ELOKON announced the official opening of its U.S. subsidiary in Atlanta.

Smartcool Systems Inc., Canada, established a wholly owned subsidiary in Germany called Smartcool Systems GmbH to sell products directly into the German market.

Syndigo, a Chicago-based portfolio company of The Jordan Co., acquired Content Analytics, Inc., a San Francisco-based provider of content management and analytics to the consumer-retail and e-commerce industries.

Preferred Freezer Services, Chatham, N.J., announced plans to invest $60 million to construct a 200,000-square-foot cold storage warehouse in Portsmouth, Va.

Cooper Farms, Oakwood, Ohio, opened a new biosecurity truck wash location in Ashley, Ind., to assist in maintaining the highest health standards for the company’s hogs.

VBites Foods, UK, announced plans to acquire a 385,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Northumberland, UK, which will be known as Plant-Based Valley.