Articles Tagged with ''meat processor''

It’s a popular summertime pairing – quite literally encased in one product. Sara Lee Corp., Downers Grove, Ill., said its North American Retail business partnered with MillerCoors to develop Hillshire Farm Miller High Life Beer Brats.

Having posted a strong performance just a year before, the nation’s largest poultry, beef and pork processor, Tyson Foods Inc., ran into some fowl conditions in fiscal 2008.

Meat industry media reported that Daniel Feinberg has assumed the posts of president and CEO at Dakota Beef LLC, an organic beef processor in Howard, S.D.

Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Ark., said it expects by July or August to close a 14-year-old deli meat plant in Ponca City, Okla., and transfer production to three other sites.

Meat industry media reported that Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, rejected a joint $40 million offer for the company's Farmerville, La., plant from competitor Foster Farms, Livingston, Calif.

Reuters reported that Kraft Foods Inc., Northfield, Ill., will freeze the 2009 salaries of CEO Irene Rosenfeld and 18 other top officials.

When it comes to communication and collaboration, nobody does it better than the Tyson Foodservice Group.

Tyson Foods Inc.'s next chief executive officer will be selected from the Springdale, Ark.-based company's internal pool of management.

Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Ark., said President & CEO Dick Bond has decided to leave immediately and that former top executive Leland Tollett has agreed to return as president and CEO on an interim basis.

Meat industry media said Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, notified employees at its Live Oak, Fla., plant that the company will discontinue second-shift operations during the next 60 to 90 days.