Hormel Foods Corp., Austin, Minn., said Gary Ray, president of the company's protein units, and Russell Potter, vice president of operations-grocery products division, will retire.
Food industry equipment, supply and service companies will honor Arthur Wolcott, chairman of Seneca Foods Corp., during PROCESS EXPO on Nov. 10 in Chicago.
Refrigerated and frozen products such as Yoplait yogurt and Green Giant vegetables helped General Mills Inc., Minneapolis, post a 14 percent net sales gain.
Citing feed costs and an oversupply of chicken, Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, said it will lay off 116 workers at the company's Franconia, Pa., plant.
The National Restaurant Association put these and other questions together when it teamed up with the American Culinary Foundation (ACF) to survey more than 1,200 ACF members.
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.