Industry Headlines
LAUREL, Miss. — Sanderson Farms Inc. has reported results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended Oct. 31, 2011. Net sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 were $559.8 million compared with $529.1 million for the same period a year ago. For the quarter, the company reported a net loss of $21.6...
WASHINGTON — Shamrock Foods of Phoenix, Ariz., is recalling approximately 7,500 pounds of marinated beef and marinated chicken products because the marinated beef product contains soybeans, wheat and sulfites, and the marinated chicken product contains wheat, milk and sulfites, known allergens that are not declared on the label for either product. The products being...
TUCKER, Ga. — California State University, Fresno, recently received a $7,000 student recruiting grant from the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association Foundation. The check was presented by Richie King, vice president of chicken plant operations for Foster Farms and USPOULTRY board member, to Dr. Michelle Ganci, lecturer, poultry instructor and internship coordinator, Animal Sciences...
ATLANTA — Popeyes® Louisiana Kitchen, a division of AFC Enterprises Inc., has named Richard H. Lynch, currently chief marketing officer, as chief global brand officer. This follows a comprehensive brand tranformation, announced in 2008, that emphasized Popeyes’ almost four decades of Louisiana-inspired home cooking. The initiative included a more contemporary logo, new brand advertising...
VINCENNES, Ind. — Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has announced that Farbest Foods Inc., one of the nation’s largest turkey companies, will locate a new plant here, creating up to 600 new jobs over the next few years. The Huntingburg-based company will invest $69.2 million to build a 220,000 square-foot processing plant on 100 acres...
EAST LANSING, Mich. — “Air Emissions and Animal Agriculture” is a new online resource developed by Michigan State University Extension and Purdue Extension to provide science-based information on food animal production in the U.S. and the odors and air emissions associated with livestock and poultry production. The online resource pulls together information on the...
