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William E. Aziz has resigned as director of Canada Bread just one month after Grupo Bimbo purchased the company for C$1.83bn.

Omaha-based ConAgra Foods and Procter & Gamble are teaming up this year on a campaign that ConAgra began in 2010 to help fund the organization Feeding America.

Port Executive Director Jonathan Daniels said Tuesday he will be in touch with tenant Chiquita Brands International about what its merger with Irish fruit company Fyffes means for the port, but he hadn't talked to company representatives yet.

Peet's Coffee and Tea recently added a full line of healthy, fresh salads, snacks and sandwiches to its 126 Northern California stores, including the Bay Area, Santa Cruz, Capitola, and Monterey.

Chiquita Brands International, the US fresh food giant, and Ireland's Fyffes say they will merge to create the world's biggest banana company.

The firm currently has a "neutral" rating on the stock. UBS AG's price target suggests a potential downside of 0.52% from the stock's previous close.

Greetings, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the United Natural Foods Second Quarter 2014 Earnings.

Dean Foods was the target of some unusual options trading on Friday. Investors purchased 12,292 put options on the company, AnalystRatingsNetwork reports.

"Our new name better reflects who we are as a Company today and captures our aspirations for the future," said Brian Kelley, Keurig Green Mountain's President and CEO.

The stock-for-stock transaction announced Monday creates a global banana and fresh produce company with $4.6 billion in annual revenues.

Stocks drifted to a slightly lower finish Monday as investors sifted through a blend of discouraging economic data from China and Japan as well as ongoing uncertainty over Russia's incursion into Ukraine.

In this Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, file photo, trader Gregory Rowe, center, works at the post of specialist Joseph Mastrolia, left, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

The senators are not the only people that have written to Kellogg CEO John A. Bryant calling for an end to the Memphis lockout.

U.S. banana producer Chiquita Brands International and Ireland's Fyffes have agreed to merge and create the world's largest banana company.

The stock-for-stock transaction announced Monday creates a global banana and fresh produce company with $4.6 billion in annual revenues.

The eastbound lane from Morningside Drive to Curtis Avenue will be closed from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily from January 27 to March 2014 to make improvements.

Mark King, in his small manufacturing studio in Bellingham, says the idea for his organoleptic analyzer, a device that measures the texture of granola bars, came to him when he was a 21-year-old college dropout.

Interstate 540 lane closures near Springdale may force drivers to find alternate routes on their commute to work in the early morning.

Hearing about how to predict earned media, which is A when the customer becomes the channel,A according to Forrester Research , was a packed room and featured experts from The Hershey Company and Visual Measures, among others.

Del Monte Foods on Feb. 18 closed the sale of all its food businesses - and its name - to unaffiliated company Del Monte Pacific Ltd. On the following day, legacy Del Monte renamed itself Big Heart Pet Brands, claiming to be "the largest standalone pet food and snacks company in North America."