Crosby’s convenience store in Lockport, N.Y., expects the equivalent of 70 free days of electricity per year from an array of solar power panels it recently installed. The company says it’s the first solar-powered convenience store in the region.

From humble beginnings 40+ years ago in a small bakery near Boston to a 30,000-sq.-ft. plant today in Chelsea, Mass., outfitted with four production lines, Golden Cannoli Shells Inc. now generates more than 100,000 cannoli shells each day. The more spacious plant is also allowing the bakery to significantly increase its capacity.

Slated to begin operation in July 2014, the Springdale, Ark., facility will produce frozen cookie dough.

Nestle USA plans to completely relocate its Northbrook, Ill.-based Nestle Pizza Division to Solon, Ohio, by mid-2014. The company’s pizza brands include DIGIORNO, California Pizza Kitchen, Tombstone and Jack’s.

Pepsi, Coca-Cola and Nestle are a few of the companies that contributed to an effort opposing a food-labeling initiative in Washington state, according to documents recently made public.

Canada Bread, owned by Maple Leaf Foods Inc., establishes a special committee in connection with the potential sale of the company’s 90% interest in the baked goods manufacturer.

The Performance Packaging business is launching Pack Studios, a collaborative capability that it says can accelerate packaging application projects through a global network of labs, experts and testing equipment.

Packaging Corp. of America, the fourth-largest U.S. producer of corrugated shipping cases, agrees to purchase Boise Inc. for about $1.27 billion, to boost capacity. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter. The move will boost the company’s presence in the Pacific Northwest.