Finance & Capital Management

Flowers Foods announced two executive transitions in the company's manufacturing leadership, effective immediately: Michael Beaty will retire in spring of 2015 and will serve as EVP until then. Robert Benton, Jr. will serve as SVP and chief manufacturing officer.

General Mills will close a cereal plant and a yogurt factory - eliminating up to 600 jobs - in an effort to cut costs and offset the sluggish U.S. demand for cereal and other packaged foods.

Cereal maker Post Holdings Inc. will acquire privately held MOM Brands Co. for $1.15 billion to expand its growing bagged and hot cereal categories.

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Walmart Chile CEO retires leaving leaders in Argentina take on new challenges.

Marc L. Kesselman will join Dean Foods Company as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Government Affairs.

Deckers Brands has appointed David Lafitte to COO, beginning February 2, 2015. Mr. Lafitte previously served as the company's general counsel, and will replaces Zohar Ziv, who retired in January 2015.

The new CEO succeeds Lynn Shanahan who has left the company to reassume her role at the helm of C2 Group.