Chicago-based Hillshire Brands is buying Pinnacle Foods, maker of Duncan Hines baking mixes and frostings, Lender’s bagels, Celeste frozen pizza and many other branded products.

Sriracha is the latest addition to The Popcorn Factory’s Lite Works Popcorn! line.

Celebrating 20 years in business, with its latest cookbook hot out of the oven, Metropolitan Bakery, Philadelphia, delights in baking delicious breads and creating incredible pastries, popcorn and granola, among other foods. 

Back to Nature Foods Co., a portfolio company of Brynwood Partners VI L.P., acquires Mondelez Global’s SnackWell’s cookies and snacks business.

Pennsylvania snack manufacturer Utz Quality Foods Inc. supports the Breast Cancer Charities of America and Pink Out Inc. with a $50,000 donation.

Tim Quinn of Mars Chocolate North America will again chair the National Confectioners Association’s (NCA) 2014 Sweets & Snacks Expo, which will be held May 20-22 at Chicago’s McCormick Place.

G.H. Cretors, a Chicago-based popcorn brand, receives a healthy dose of free publicity with an appearance in the movie Red 2.

B&G Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire Robert’s American Gourmet Food, LLC, which does business as Pirate Brands, from VMG Partners, Driven Capital Management, founder Robert Ehrlich and certain other entities and individuals for approximately $195 million in cash.

Herr Foods acquires a majority share in New Jersey snack food manufacturer Silk City.