Articles Tagged with ''meat processor''

Dairy Farmers of America purchased Guida-Seibert Dairy Co. Inc., while Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., investor IGSM Group said it purchased Old World Sausage Factory.

Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Ark., said it its Vernon, Texas, bacon facility held special team member meals to mark its 90th anniversary on Wednesday, Feb. 22.

Agropur, Longueuil, Quebec, said it hired Robert Coallier as CEO.

Specialty meats processor Columbus Foods, Hayward, Calif., said it will spend $7 million and install a reconfigured ammonia refrigeration system at its South San Francisco, Calif., facility.

Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice officials said they settled a three-year case involving South San Francisco, Calif., food processor Columbus Manufacturing Inc.

Private equity investor Mason Wells, Milwaukee, said it completed two deals in December.

The Associated Press reported that Sara Lee Corp., Downers Grove, Ill., plans by March 30 to close a meat plant in Shannon, Miss.

Meat processors AdvancePierre Foods, Cincinnati, and Johnsonville Sausage, Sheboygan Falls, Wis., said they formed a strategic alliance that gives AdvancePierre exclusive foodservice distribution rights for Johnsonville Sausage products.

Seaboard Corporation, Shawnee Mission, Kan., said it appointed Terry J. Holton as president and chief executive officer of Seaboard's pork business.

The nation's largest privately held packaged lunch meat processor, Land O' Frost, Inc., said it expects by the end of January to complete the purchase of Wimmer's Meats.