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The Hershey Company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ONE Brands, LLC, the maker of low-sugar, high-protein nutrition bars. The acquisition is expected to enable Hershey to provide a competitive offering in the nutrition bar category.

Tuffy’s Pet Foods has broken ground on a 173,500 sq. ft. facility in Delano, Minn.

Craig Wilson, vice president of quality assurance and food safety at Costco Wholesale Corporation, was voted president of The Center for Food Integrity’s (CFI) Board of Directors. Wilson is among a new slate of officers and board members who represent the diversity of today’s food and agriculture industries, and will bring unique perspectives to CFI’s mission of earning trust in today’s food system.

Bratney Companies and F.H. Schule Mühlenbau (member of the Kahl Group) have signed a strategic partnership agreement, which specifies joint distributorship, sales and promotional efforts for new and existing milling plants in the United States. This agreement allows both companies to combine their expertise, resources and experiences in grain milling applications to achieve their shared philosophy of customer satisfaction.

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its snacks division to Atlas Holdings LLC of Greenwich, Conn. Atlas owns and operates 19 manufacturing and distribution businesses, which together employ more than 17,000 associates at more than 150 facilities worldwide. Atlas agreed to pay $90 million for the division, subject to closing adjustments.