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.
Sara Lee Corp.'s board of directors today announced that Chairman & CEO Brenda Barnes, who has been on medical leave since May 14, will step down permanently.
The Frozen Food Foundation and the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), said they presented Dr. Linda J. Harris of the University of California, Davis, with an inaugural "Frozen Food Foundation Freezing Research Award."
A M King Construction, Charlotte, N.C., said it broke ground for a 103,000-square-foot fresh bun bakery and distribution center in Clayton, N.C., (see image, left) for Northeast Foods Inc.
J&J Snack Foods Corp., Pennsauken, N.J., said Vincent Melchiorre, an executive vice president with the company's food group and the president of Country Home Bakers, Shelton, Conn., will resign effective September 3, 2010.
The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI), McLean, Va., said it hired Corey N. Henry as vice president of communications and Jane D. Pritchett is AFFI’s new manager of accounting.