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Stop & Shop Increases Transparency Around Seafood Sourcing

Stop & Shop, based in Quincy, Massachusetts, has partnered with the Ocean Disclosure Project (ODP) to voluntarily report its seafood sources. This partnership adds another layer of transparency to the supermarket’s comprehensive seafood policy. While Stop & Shop’s existing policy ensures that its seafood is only sourced from sustainable and traceable fisheries and farms, working […]

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Peapack Private Investment Banking Advises On Sale Of Randall Farms

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp. and its investment banking division, Peapack Private Investment Banking, will participate in the sale of its client, Randall Farms, a processor of value-added protein products, to Highview Capital. Randall partners with leading grocery store chains on the West Coast to provide all types of processed and value-added meats, including a variety of […]

Posted inMeat/Seafood/Poultry, Home Page Slider, Southeast

Sanderson Farms Gives Update On Operations Affected By Winter Storms

Laurel, Mississippi-based Sanderson Farms has provided an update on the company’s operations and the impact of the severe winter storms that have affected its Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi locations. Winter storm Uri brought bitter cold temperatures, snow and ice, leaving millions without power across the company’s footprint in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi on Feb. 15, […]

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Report: Meat Closes Out Year 18.4 Percent Above 2019 Levels

November and December sales were dominated by the holidays along with consumers’ shopping changes in response to the rising number of new COVID-19 cases across many states.  Some states and cities enacted renewed shelter-in-place mandates. This resulted in consumers’ trip frequency falling below last year’s levels, much like it had in early April. Likewise, e-commerce […]

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Pre Brands Expands To Lowes Foods In Southeast

Pre Brands, a provider of 100 percent grass-fed and grass-finished beef, continues its expansion drive with the launch to Lowes Foods in the Southeast. “Pre Brands was founded with an inspiring, uncompromising vision to deliver what consumers want in beef, including great taste, transparency, health and humanely treated animals,” said Pre Brands CEO Kevin Ponticelli. […]

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Wayne Farms’ Chef’s Craft Gourmet Chicken Expanding Retail Footprint

Oakwood, Georgia-based Wayne Farms’ Chef’s Craft Gourmet Chicken is continuing its retail expansion by offering its products in additional grocery stores. The chef-inspired brand of products is now available at Midwest retail giant Meijer.   The Flame Grilled Chicken Breast Fillet, Grilled Chicken Breast Chunks and Gluten-Free Breaded Chicken Breast Chunks are being sold at more than 65 […]

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Tyson Foods Starts Upward Pathways Career Development Program

Tyson Foods Inc., based in Springdale, Arkansas, is launching Upward Pathways, an in-plant career development program that provides frontline team members with job skills training and workforce certifications at no cost. The program will be piloted at 10 of the company’s plant locations and is a partnership between Tyson, adult education providers and community colleges […]

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Zatarain’s Partners With Chefs To Create New Recipes For Mardi Gras

This Carnival season will be a little different without Mardi Gras floats rolling down St. Charles Avenue, tossing beads and favors to big crowds of families and friends gathered to celebrate along the parade routes.  But the spirit of Mardi Gras — fun, family and food — is more than just the fanfare. Zatarain’s Smoked […]