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H-E-B Harper’s Trace Is Latest Houston-Area Store For Grocer

by Shelby Team December 5, 2019December 12, 2024

H-E-B expanded its footprint in the Houston area on Dec. 4 with its 102,000-s.f. Harper’s Trace location at 10200 Highway 242 in Conroe. Jamie Lee, an 18-year H-E-B Partner (employee) who started as a bagger while attending Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, is the store leader. After graduation, she served at several H-E-B stores, […]

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Walls Named Lipari Foods President, Chief Operating Officer

by Shelby Team November 18, 2019December 12, 2024

Lipari Foods has named Tim Walls president and chief operating officer (COO), effective immediately. As president and COO, Walls oversees all company operations. He reports to Lipari Foods CEO Thom Lipari. “By bringing Tim into this new role, we are ensuring the existing operations continue to have the attention needed to grow and prosper,” Lipari […]

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Chicago-Area Meat Company Patriarch Miniat Has Died

by Shelby Team December 27, 2018June 13, 2024

Mr. Ronald M. Miniat, chairman emeritus of The Miniat Family of Cos., died on Dec. 20, 2018, at the age of 89. After graduating from St. Joseph’s College and serving in the U.S. Army, Mr. Miniat joined the family business in the early 1950s, working alongside his brother, Eddie, and his father, Ed Sr., when […]

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Texas-Based NaturalShrimp Will Expand In Three States

by Shelby Team June 13, 2016June 13, 2024

NaturalShrimp Inc. has announced its domestic expansion plans for three regional shrimp production systems in Texas, Nevada and New York. The regional facilities will include sales, packaging and shrimp plant management along with its patented water treatment systems and technology for growing shrimp in an indoor environment. Dallas and San Antonio, Texas, will remain the […]

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Cargill To Acquire Fort Worth-based Five Star Custom Foods

by Shelby Team June 2, 2016June 13, 2024

Cargill has signed an agreement to acquire Fort Worth, Texas-based Five Star Custom Foods Ltd., a business specializing in cooked protein products and custom prepared soups and sauces for the foodservice and food processing sectors. The acquisition includes both of the Five Star Custom Foods facilities in Fort Worth and Nashville, Tennessee. Terms of the […]

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Greenpeace Again Names Whole Foods Tops For Seafood Sustainability

by Shelby Team July 17, 2015June 13, 2024

For the third consecutive year, Greenpeace named Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods Market the top retailer for seafood sustainability in the nonprofit’s annual ranking of U.S. supermarkets. The company earned the highest overall score in the report’s nine-year history, as well as the highest individual scores for transparency, purchasing policies and private label canned tuna sourcing. […]

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Seafood Expo Excellence Awards Announced

by Shelby Team March 18, 2015June 13, 2024

The 2015 Seafood Excellence Awards winners were announced earlier this week at Seafood Expo North America held in Boston. Yihe Corp. won the “Best New Retail” award for its Alaskan Jack’s, and High Liner Foods won the “Best New Food Service” award for its Pulled BBQ Salmon. The Seafood Excellence Awards recognize product leaders in […]

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New Tyson Leadership Team In Place Following Hillshire Acquisition

by Shelby Team August 29, 2014June 13, 2024

Tyson Foods Inc. has completed its merger with The Hillshire Brands Co. Shares of Hillshire Brands common stock have been delisted and are no longer traded on the New York Stock Exchange and Chicago Stock Exchange. The combination of Tyson Foods and Hillshire Brands creates a single company with more than $40 billion in annual sales […]