Articles Tagged with ''Butterball''

Turkey processing leader Butterball LLC said it recently honored East Coast Transport, LLC, Paulsboro, N.J., as Butterball's 2010 "Carrier of the Year."

Maxwell Farms, LLC, Goldsboro, N.C., and Seaboard Corporation,  Merriam, Kan., said they finalized a nine-month purchase of turkey processor Butterball, LLC from Murphy-Brown, LLC.

Pork processing giant Seaboard Foods, Shawnee Mission, Kan., agreed last Friday to become a joint partner in turkey processor Butterball LLC.

Following an early morning announcement that minority joint venture partner Smithfield Foods Inc. would like to purchase Butterball LLC, the turkey company's majority owner, Maxwell Farms, LLC, issued its own statement.

In conjunction with its fourth quarter and full-year financial earnings release, meat giant Smithfield Foods Inc., Smithfield, Va., said it offered to purchase its joint venture partner's 51 percent ownership interest in Butterball, LLC.

Clearwater Seafoods L.P., Halifax, N.S., said it hired consumer packaged goods veteran Ian Smith as chief executive officer effective May 17, 2010.

What started in 1959 as a co-operative among local agricultural producers and farms has grown into one of the world's largest pork processors.

Eating healthy is top of mind for many people, but they often think it's not possible on a tight budget. With the consumer in mind, Butterball LLC, Garner, N.C., said it developed an array of Carolina Turkey Deluxe deli meats that are both affordable and certified by the American Heart Association (AHA).

Wisconsin media say a new company, Jaytina LLC, expects by this October to build a $7 million to $9 million appetizer processing plant in Plover, Wis.

As if being the nation’s largest turkey processing operation isn’t enough distinction, Butterball LLC’s Mount Olive, N.C., plant deserves attention for several other reasons.