The longstanding Rocky Mountain Food Industry Association is in the process of merging with the Colorado Wyoming Petroleum Marketers Association. Within the past two years, the organizations have been working to become one as Mary Lou Chapman, longtime president and CEO of RMFIA, moves closer to retirement, according to Grier Bailey, executive director of CWPMA. […]
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Tyson Foods Plans To Merge Corporate Locations As OneTyson
Tyson Foods has announced plans to bring together all employees from the Chicago, Downers Grove, Illinois, and Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, area corporate locations to its world headquarters in Springdale, Arkansas. The move will foster closer collaboration, enhance team member agility and enable faster decision making. Employees will begin the phased relocation in 2023. “Tyson’s […]
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Tyson Foods Donates 1M Pounds Of Protein For Florida Relief
Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson Foods is donating four million meals and deploying other disaster relief efforts to support those impacted by the recent flooding and severe weather from Hurricane Ian in Florida. The company is partnering with Walmart to help distribute more than one million pounds of protein to feed those in need in Fort Myers, […]
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Tyson Celebrates Halloween With Limited-Edition Nugget Shapes
For the Halloween season, Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson brand is introducing spooky nuggets. The limited-edition nuggets come in three shapes: pumpkins, bats and ghosts. Made with 100 percent white meat chicken raised with no antibiotics, Spooky Nuggets are available through a giveaway on the brand’s Instagram page. “Our Fun Nuggets are a fan favorite, and we want to […]
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Southern Recipe Small Batch Launches Two Pork Rind Products
Dallas, Texas-based Southern Recipe Small Batch has announced two additions to its portfolio of pork rinds, New Buttery Garlic and Italian Herb Krutones. The products are scheduled in launch in spring. The experience of popping pork rinds is one that consumers have continued to request. It’s also a dining experience that has found success at various restaurants nationwide. Additionally, […]
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BGC Chairman Offers High Praise For ‘Indispensable’ Honoree
Brad Brookshire, chairman and CEO of Brookshire Grocery Co., knew Rosemary Jones long before she came to work as the company’s EVP, chief people officer/legal. “She married Chip [Jones] and our families – the Jones and Brookshires – were close growing up in Tyler, Texas. Chip is younger than I am, but Chip’s parents and […]
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AFM Supports Breast Cancer Month With Pink Avocado Packaging
Dallas-based Avocados From Mexico is partnering with Susan G. Komen to feature limited-edition pink packaging for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Avocados From Mexico partnered with Walmart and Kroger’s network of banners to make it convenient for shoppers to support the “Good Fats. Good Cause” with pink packaging. The bags feature a QR code that drives shoppers to […]
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Quinn Snacks Achieves ‘HowGood Climate Friendly’ Label
Boulder, Colorado-based Quinn Snacks has achieved the Climate Friendly product attribute from its partner HowGood, an independent research company with the largest ingredient sustainability database. Quinn will begin to roll out the first on-pack “Climate Friendly” label on its snack products in 2023. Products that receive the Climate Friendly attribute have greenhouse gas emissions that are lower […]