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PepsiCo announces change in leadership team
Dave Yawman has been named executive vice-president, government affairs, general
counsel and corporate secretary at PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY. Most recently, Mr.
Yawman served as senior vice-president and deputy general counsel, PepsiCo, and
general counsel North America and corporate. He succeeds Tony West, who is leaving
the company.
Mr. Yawman began his career at PepsiCo in 1998, serving as a member of its corporate law department before advancing to the role of associate general counsel for Pepsi
Bottling Group, overseeing corporate, securities and mergers and acquisitions matters.
- Monica Watrous, Milling & Baking News

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Walter

Garrelts

The Kellogg Company, Battle
Creek, MI, agreed to acquire
Chicago Bar Co. LLC, Chicago,
maker of RXBAR clean-label protein bars, for $600 million.
The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, is
exploring a potential sale for its
convenience store business. The
business includes 784 convenience
stores in 18 states under banner
names Turkey Hill Minit Markets,
Loaf 'N Jug, KwikShop, Tom
Thumb and QuickStop.

Meehan

Karpati

Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV, Mexico
City, acquired Chicago-based East
Balt Bakeries from One Equity
Partners for $650 million.

Martin's Famous Pastry Shoppe,
Inc., a family-owned baker of bread
and roll products, is expanding its
baking plant in Valdosta-Lowndes
County, GA, with more than
119,000 sq ft of production space.
Orr

Magistrelli

Leckie

Neal

Gardner

Glen Walter has been named executive vice-president and president, North America,
for Mondelez International, Deerfield, IL.
BEMA, Overland Park, KS, added Andrew Garrelts as business manager. Mr. Garrelts
will provide financial analysis and oversee office systems and operations.
BENEO, Inc., Parsippany, NJ, is expanding its NAFTA sales and support team with
the appointment of Mary Karpati to serve as southwest regional sales manager.
Healthy Food Ingredients, Fargo, ND, announced Dionne Meehan has joined the
company as vice-president of quality, compliance and safety.
Kimberly Orr was recently hired by Moline Machinery LLC, Duluth, MN, as a national account manager.
Rademaker USA, Hudson, OH, promoted Nick Magistrelli to vice-president of sales,
North America. In this role Mr. Magistrelli will spearhead the sales growth of the
North American market as well as support the eastern region of the US in direct sales.
Shuttleworth LLC, Huntington, IN, named Tony Leckie as southwest regional sales
manager. Shuttleworth, a division of ProMach, also named Damon Neal as south central regional sales manager.
Somic America, Inc., Bensenville, IL, hired Luke Gardner as customer support manager.

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Nestle, Vevey, Switzerland, will
drop its membership in the
Grocery Manufacturers Association
at the end of the year.
Unilever, London, has agreed to
acquire Mãe Terra, a natural and
organic food business in Brazil.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
The National Institute of Food
and Agriculture awarded 24 grants
totaling $20.15 million for fiscal
2017 to help farmers and ranchers grow and market organic food,
fiber and other products. The
grants are funded through the
Organic Agriculture Research and
Extension Initiative and Organic
Transition Program.
The Kerry Group PLC, Tralee,
Ireland, acquired Ganeden, Inc.,
Cleveland, OH, which offers patented probiotic ingredients.

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