Nonfoods

MORTON GROVE, Ill. -- Lifeway Foods, Inc., maker of the milk-based cultured beverage kefir, said yesterday that sales for its second quarter ended June 30, 2006, increased 26 percent, to $6.36 million from $5.07 million during the same period a year ago, and that new product rollouts should keep the momentum going.

NEPTUNE, N.J. -- FACT Corp. here, an independent nutrition solutions company, said yesterday it has appointed Timothy J. Murphy to the new corporate position of c.o.o. Murphy is Philadelphia-based veteran of the food and beverage industry.

PURCHASE, N.Y. -- PepsiCo here said yesterday that Thomas R. Greco has been promoted to the position of president -- PepsiCo Sales, succeeding Al Carey, who became president and c.e.o. of the company's Frito-Lay North America (FLNA) division last month.

MORTON GROVE, Ill. -- Lifeway Foods, Inc., maker of the milk-based cultured beverage kefir, said yesterday that sales for its second quarter ended June 30, 2006, increased 26 percent, to $6.36 million from $5.07 million during the same period a year ago, and that new product rollouts should keep the momentum going.

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture here launched a new multimedia "PA Preferred" ad campaign, called "Keep Pennsylvania Growing," late last week, that will help local producers brand their products as such and encourage consumers to seek those products out.

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