The American Meat Institute said it hired the sales analysis firm, ethnoMetrics Inc., Stevensville, Mich., to "enhance the purchase experience" of those buyers and sellers.
Needing to cut costs, chicken processing giant Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, said it will eliminate approximately 355 salaried and salaried non-exempt positions across the company.
Although it plans to keep its Longmont, Colo., turkey hot dog processing plant, Butterball LLC, Garner, N.C., sold its Longmont brand to Sigma Alimentos.
Consumers can expect by mid-2009 to see new Fruit2Day chilled fruit offerings from a 50/50 joint venture partnership between organic and natural foods specialist WhiteWave Foods Co. and Hero North America LLC.
J. P. Veggies Inc., Parsippany, N.J., a natural and vegetarian foods processor, announced that it has acquired the Franklin Farms, North Fankliln, Conn., brand of vegetarian products.
Tree Top Inc., Selah, Wash., announced that it has purchased Sabroso Co., a Medford, Ore.-based processor that makes fruit purees and other fruit-based ingredients.