Chicken, beef and pork processing giant Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Ark., said it became the first major food company to become a full member of the IMAGE program.
Poultry, beef and pork processing giant Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Ark., said the company entrepreneurial former Chairman and CEO Donald J. Tyson, died today, Thursday, January 6, 2011.
Packaged lunch meat and deli meats processor Land O'Frost, Lansing, Ill., said it promoted President David Van Eekeren to the additional post of chief executive officer, effective immediately.
Pork processing giant Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., said hired Michael Brown as president and chief operating officer of Farmland Foods, Inc., effective October 4, 2010.
InsideToronto.com said Cargill Limited plans next spring to close its Etobicoke, Ont., case-ready meat packing plant as part of "a strategic realignment."
Smoked meats processor Texas Hill Country Barbecue, Inc. (THCB), Dallas, said it formed a restaurant and hospitality division to develop and franchise restaurants.