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Pactiv, LLC, Lake Forest, Ill., plans a $4.5 million investment in its Columbus, Ohio, facility, adding at least two new production lines and 65 manufacturing jobs.

Food safety, healthy eating, food waste and big flavors are on the menu for 2016, according to a 2016 trends report released by Oklahoma State University’s Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products Center.

IPM Foods, Beloit, Wis., announced plans to relocate operations to a 150,000-square-foot production hub at East Side Business Park in Janesville, Wis.

FiveStar Gourmet Foods, an Ontario, Calif.-based provider of fresh and frozen prepared foods, announced plans to expand to the East Coast with a $20 million investment in a food manufacturing and distribution operation near Naples, Fla.

Chicago-based Arbor Investments completed the acquisition of a majority equity stake in DPI Specialty Foods, Inc., Ontario, Calif., from Dublin, Ireland-based Ornua Cooperative Ltd.

Kroger, Tyson Foods and Pinnacle Foods elect new members of the board. Find out other personnel management changes within the cold food industry.

Analysts at the Specialty Food Association, New York, predict that consumers will push meat products aside in favor of vegetables and other produce.

Choptank Transport started construction on a new 11,000-square-foot expansion to its Preston, Md., headquarters.

Danfoss, Baltimore, Md., broke ground on a new state-of-the-art laboratory for the testing of HVACR equipment, facilitate training and serve as a research and development center for future innovation.