There's no need to go out for lunch. Kraft Foods Inc., Northfield, Ill., says new Oscar Mayer Deli Creations Foccacia Sandwiches turn any desk into a "four-star 'desk' taurant."
New features at Hormel Foods Corp.'s consumer Web site (www.hormel.com) let consumers download and print their own coupons for retail deli sandwich meats (55 cents), pepperoni (55 cents), microwave bacon, party trays and even refrigerated entrees ($2.00).
Organic and natural deli meat processor Applegate Farms, Bridgewater, N.J., said it hired 25-year-plus industry veteran Eric Miller as vice president of sales.
As if being the nation’s largest turkey processing operation isn’t
enough distinction, Butterball LLC’s Mount Olive, N.C., plant deserves
attention for several other reasons.
Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, said it will idle three of its 32 U.S. chicken processing plants by mid-May as part of a corporate restructuring plan.
Tyson Foods Inc. expects this summer to complete as much as $17 million in capital improvements to boost production at its Cherokee, Iowa, deli meats plant.
Kraft Foods' U.S. Convenient Meals sector -- home to DiGiorno frozen pizza and Oscar Mayer meats -- was a bright spot in an otherwise challenging fourth quarter.
A self-proclaimed “packaging” and “product” addict, I am the type of person who could spend hours in a Target store just looking at all the boxes and bags of goodies, giving special attention to those marked “new packaging,” “now with more flavor!” or “on sale for a limited time only.”