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Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Ark., said it agreed to purchase a 60 percent interest in China's Shandong Xinchang Group.

Industry experts say Mediterranean cuisine is popping up more frequently in refrigerated and frozen entrees, snacks and appetizers as well as on foodservice menus nationwide.

Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Ark., last week marked 50 years in poultry processing.

Kellogg Co. said it purchased the assets of IndyBake Products LLC and Brownie Products Co., a private contract manufacturing business that produces cracker, cookie and frozen dough products.

In advance of its Sept. 18 financial release, ConAgra Foods Inc., Omaha, Neb., said that "underperformance" in the company's Consumer Foods segment will impact first quarter 2009 diluted earnings per share from continuing operations.

Citing feed ingredient costs, Butterball LLC, Raleigh, N.C., said it will eliminate 265 more jobs at its Longmont, Colo., plant and cease turkey slaughtering operations there.

There's a McCain on the campaign trail . . . McCain Foods USA, that is.

After years of dining out, consumers are returning to their home kitchens, and one reason is the increased demand for a more nutritious diet.

You could say that the last five years have been a whirlwind for Rosina Food Products, Buffalo, N.Y. Actually, you don’t have to; Chief Operating Officer Roger Palczewski will say it for you.

It’s no accident that frozen Italian pasta and entrée processor Michael Angelo’s Inc. started out as a pizza parlor.