Pork and turkey processing giant Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., said Richard J. M. Poulson, executive vice president, will retire from Smithfield effective September 1, 2010.
Senior management from Pierre Foods, Inc., Advance Food Company, Inc. and Advance Brands, LLC, said today that all three companies have agreed to merge.
Brazilian meat processor Marfrig Alimentos S.A., Sao Paulo, said it agreed to purchase U.S. foodservice protein supplier Keystone Foods LLC, West Conshohocken, Pa., for $1.26 billion.
Watch out entree processors. You've got more competition ... from the produce department! Garden Protein International,
Vancouver, B.C. has introduced gardein trio, a new line of refrigerated
single-serve meals for merchandising in the produce cooler.