Grill, eat and repeat with new dry-seasoned ribs from Smithfield Foods, Smithfield, Va.

Smithfield Foods, Smithfield, Va., broke ground on an expansion to its Cudahy, Wis., facility, which produces the company's Patrick Cudahy brand as well as additional Smithfield branded products.

Keith Kinsey was named new chief executive officer, succeeding Dick Portillo, who founded the company in 1963, among other personnel announcements.

Boulder Brands' CEO and co-founder Steve Hughes announced his resignation, effective immediately.

Smithfield Foods, Inc., a Smithfield, Va., wholly owned subsidiary of WH Group Ltd. based in Hong Kong, announced the sale of its entire equity interest in Campofrio Food Group, Spain, to Alfa for $354 million in cash.

Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., and Kansas City Sausage, LLC, Kansas City, Mo., announced construction of a $44.8 million, 90,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art sausage plant in Sampson County, N.C.

Smithfield Foods, Smithfield, Va., ranked No. 1 in water management among leading meat companies in a new report from Boston-based business sustainability organization Ceres.

John Morrell Food Group, a Lisle, Ill.-based division of Smithfield Foods, expanded its Nathan's Famous brand to include a 50% reduced-fat variety of hot dogs.

Smithfield Foods appointed Mark Garrett to the newly created position of chief people officer, responsible for employee development at all Smithfield locations.

Smithfield Foods, Smithfield, Va., announced plans to invest $9 million to expand production capacity at its Curly's facility in Sioux City, Iowa.