Articles Tagged with ''chicken''

The Tri-City (Wash.) Herald reported that ConAgra Foods' Lamb-Weston business plans on May 30 to close its frozen potato processing plant in Prosser, Wash.

California's El Pollo Loco chicken restaurant chain is spreading its wings and flying into the retail market with the chain's new Pollo Bowl frozen entree line appearing in southern California retail outlets.

Meat and poultry processor Quantum Foods LLC, Bolingbrook, Ill., said it merged with a former customer, North Star Foods Inc., St. Charles, Minn.

Now that it has exited bankruptcy, chicken processing giant Pilgrim's Pride Corp. plans to eliminate about 230 corporate and administrative positions during the first phase of its integration with Brazilian meat company JBS SA.

Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., said it sold two meat processing operations, including one in the United States and the other in China.

The Enid (Okla.) News & Eagle reported that local processor Advance Food Co. agreed to purchase the operating assets of Whitaker Foods.

Chicken, beef and pork giant Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Ark., said it promoted two company veterans to new senior posts.

A homestyle comfort food to beat the economic blues. Something warm to ward off the flu. Murray's Chicken says its latest new offering -- Grandma's Chicken Soup Kit -- appeals to consumers on many levels.

Indiana state officials say Tyson Foods, Inc. will expand its Corydon, Ind., chicken processing facility and relocate deboning lines from other Arkansas and Missouri operations to the Indiana plant.

Poultry giant Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, Pittsburg, Texas, and several of its subsidiaries will file a joint plan of reorganization and disclosure statement under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.