Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Ark., appointed Rick Thomason as president and GM of Tyson de Mexico, the company’s oldest and most established international business.
Executive chairman John Cahill for Kraft Foods will transition to non-executive chairman of the board of directors, effective March 8. Meanwhile, Flowers Foods named Tonja Taylor as senior vice president of human resources, taking over for Donald Thriffiley, Jr., who after 36 years with Flowers Foods, is retiring, effective March 29.
David Bankson will assume the role of chief executive officer of Label Technology, Inc., succeeding his father John Bankson, who will remain as chairman of the company’s board of directors.
Bob Estes was named chief information officer for Ready Pac Foods, responsible for leading all information systems and technology and transforming information accessibility and system integration.
Earthbound Farm named Kevin Yost as president, taking over for Charlie Sweat, the former CEO who will move into an advisory role. This appointment comes after WhiteWave Food Foods announced plans to purchase the organic food producer.