Bumble Bee Seafoods, North America's largest branded shelf-stable seafood company, today announced it has been acquired by Thai Union Frozen Products Public Company Limited (TUF). TUF entered into a binding agreement to obtain 100 percent of the shares of Bumble Bee Foods, LLC from Lion Capital, a pan-Atlantic private equity firm, for a total purchase price of USD 1.51 billion.

The Hershey Company in partnership with Project Peanut Butter, announced that the project’s newest manufacturing facility – located in Kumasi, Ghana -- is now beginning full operation. The new plant will produce Project Peanut Butter’s peanut-based Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTFs) endorsed by leading NGOs1 as the world’s most effective treatment for severe childhood malnutrition.

Kraft Foods Group, Inc. announced that its board of directors has named John Cahill, Chairman of the Board of Directors, to the position of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kraft Foods.

High Liner Foods Incorporated announced the official opening of its newly-constructed U.S. headquarters, a 38,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility located at the Pease International Tradeport in Portsmouth.

Archer Daniels Midland Company announced that it has selected Erlanger, Ky., as the site for its new information technology and support center. The center, which will open in the second half of 2015, will be located on the same campus as ADM’s WILD Flavors Erlanger offices.

Everyone knows the nation’s colleges and universities compete on the football field and basketball court. But did you know they also compete in the R&D lab?

Randy Smith, chairman of the Board of Directors of Tree Top, Inc., one of Washington state’s largest private companies and the nation’s 100th largest agricultural cooperative, announced the hiring of Keith Gomes as the company’s new president and CEO.

JBT Corporation a global technology solutions provider to the food processing and air transportation industries, purchased the assets of Wolf-tec, Inc.

The Hershey Company announced that it has completed the purchase of The Allan Candy Company, a leading North American manufacturer of quality confectionery products based in Ontario, Canada.

French Toast Crunch disappeared from grocery stores shelves in 2006. Since then, fans of the sweet cereal have petitioned General Mills to return the product to the marketplace.