Items Tagged with 'Keystone Foods'

Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Ark., reached a definitive agreement to buy the Keystone Foods business from Marfrig Global Foods for $2.16 billion.

Kroger, Tyson Foods and Pinnacle Foods elect new members of the board. Find out other personnel management changes within the cold food industry.

Kerry Doughty was appointed president and CEO of Butterball, Inc.; Jeff DeLapp was appointed president, North America, effective June 2, for McCain Foods Ltd.; and Peter Brown was named new president and COO, taking over for Keith Decker, who was promoted last September to president and COO of High Liner Foods Inc.

Brazil's Marfrig Alimentos, parent company of Keystone Foods, hired former Cargill executive Frank Ravndal, Jr. to serve as chief executive officer, replacing William Andersen, who held the position on an interim basis.

The Martin-Brower Co. completed its purchase of certain assets of Keystone Foods' North American distribution businesses and acquired interests in its distribution and logistics units in Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific.

Global meat and poultry processor Keystone Foods, West Conshohocken, Pa., said it promoted Chief Operating Officer Larry S. McWilliams to president and CEO.

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Brazilian meat processor Marfrig Alimentos S.A., Sao Paulo, said it agreed to purchase U.S. foodservice  protein supplier Keystone Foods LLC, West Conshohocken, Pa., for $1.26 billion.

Keystone Foods’ KeySTAR program puts spotlight on plant-level sustainability.

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