Lakeside Foods Inc., a frozen and canned foods manufacturer, is purchasing Cher-Make Sausage Co., a 93-year-old sausage maker that produces summer sausage, hot dogs, ring bologna and bratwurst at its Manitowoc, Wisconsin-based plant. The acquisition offers Lakeside a new product category that will benefit its existing customer base. “Cher-Make is a respected maker of premium […]
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Tyson Foods and Dickey’s Barbecue Pit Launch Retail Rib Offering
Tyson Foods and Dickey’s Barbecue Pit are launching a new retail cook-in-bag rib product featuring the restaurant chain’s three most popular barbecue flavor profiles. The new line is a result of exploring new ways to meet the continued growing consumer demand for function and convenience without sacrificing quality and flavor. The product line represents Dickey’s […]
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Tyson Foods Rejects Conclusions Drawn By White House
Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson Foods says it categorically rejects the conclusions drawn Sept. 8 by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Director of the National Economic Council in a White House press briefing. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently published a report detailing the drivers of consumer inflation in the food sector, none of which are […]
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Farmer Focus Hires McLendon To Lead Research And Development
Harrisonburg, Virginia-based Farmer Focus has hired Sean McLendon to lead research and development. Farmer Focus is a 100- percent organic and humane-certified chicken company with a mission to protect and promote generational family farms. McLendon brings more than 25 years of experience in product research and development, innovation, quality control and operations in protein, across […]
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Tyson Foods Strengthens Benefits For Fully Vaccinated Frontline Workers
Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson Foods says it will strengthen the benefits it offers its fully vaccinated U.S. frontline team members. Effective Jan. 1, 2022, fully vaccinated team members can begin earning up to 20 hours of paid sick leave per year. New hires also will receive one week of vacation after six months of employment. “These […]
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As Nation Reopens, Three Meat Snacks Are Making A Comeback
Sponsored content by Michael Uetz / managing principal, Midan Marketing, strategic meat marketing, research and creative communications agency Last year, sales were up across most of the grocery store. Meat snacks – like jerky and protein lunch snacks – did not have the same success. Working from home, e-learning and generally staying inside wasn’t conducive […]
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Sanderson Farms Gives Update On Operations Affected By Hurricane Ida
Laurel, Mississippi-based Sanderson Farms Inc. provided an update Aug. 30 on the company’s operations and the impact of Hurricane Ida on its locations in Louisiana and Mississippi. “We are thankful that we have not had any reports of injuries to any of our employees as a result of this devastating hurricane,” said Joe F. Sanderson […]
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Bear Grylls Has Joined GoodFish In New Snack Category
One of the world’s most widely known faces of survival and outdoor adventure, Bear Grylls has joined Justin Guilbert, Douglas Riboud and Errol Schweizer at GoodFish, a brand that developed and delivered a new category of sustainable seafood. The Emmy-award nominee and star of National Geographic’s “Running Wild with Bear Grylls” and Discovery Channel’s “Man […]