Bill Graham, Vice President, Sales North America, PROVA Inc., announced that Brian Wilson has joined PROVA as a food technologist.

McGuckin will be responsible for sales, marketing, operations, finance, and key hires in support of a growth strategy. He succeeds Craig Decker, who drove significant growth during the past three years, and is returning to his native Pacific Northwest home.

The Original Cakerie, founded in 1979 and privately held, is based in Delta, British Columbia, Canada, with a second production facility in London, Ontario.

Cole is a food industry veteran with 20 years' experience leading successful sales, marketing and innovation teams and will report directly to Keystone Foods' President & CEO Frank Ravndal.

AdvancePierre Foods, a producer of ready-to-eat sandwiches and value-added proteins, has named Steve Booker President – Retail.

CP Kelco, a global producer of specialty hydrocolloid solutions, announced its intent to build a new state‐of‐the‐art manufacturing plant in North America for gellan gum and specialty xanthan gum.

Puratos, innovator in the bakery, patisserie, and chocolate industry, acquired Pennant Ingredients, a provider of speciality bakery products and solutions to the North American Quick Service Restaurant, foodservice and retail in-store bakery channels.

Keurig, the maker of single-cup coffee machines sitting on millions of kitchen counters, agreed to sell itself Monday for almost $14 billion to JAB Holding Co., a private company with a growing java business.

Fonterra and DFA have partnered in DairiConcepts as equal owners since 2000 when the joint venture was formed.

Quaker® is teaming up with Fuel Up to Play 60, which empowers students to lead change and improve wellness in over 73,000 schools nationwide, and Emmitt Smith, professional football icon and father of five, to help fuel families across the country for the upcoming season.