The J.M. Smucker Company announces that the company's board of directors approved the promotions of corporate officers Mark R. Belgya and Dennis J. Armstrong effective Nov. 1, 2009.
The new COO is expected to immediately focus on leading and coordinating the organizational transformation of Dean Foods - both business unit and functional.
PepsiCo, Kellogg and Unilever stated plans to cut ties with the program after it came under pressure from state and federal authorities who feared consumers would be misled.