PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--B&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE:BGS) announced today that its Board of Directors has increased the Company’s quarterly cash dividend rate by 2.9% from $0.34 per share of common stock to $0.35 per share of common stock. On an annualized basis, the dividend increases from $1.36 per share to $1.40 per share. The quarterly dividend declared today is payable on October 30, 2015 to shareholders of record as of September 30, 2015. At the closing market price of the common