Hormel carves out ample
earnings in fiscal 2Q, YTD
 

May 30, 2007

Hormel Foods Corp, the Austin MN-based meat company, has reported fiscal 2007 second quarter net earnings of $68.0 million...

Brazilian firm agrees
to acquire Swift & Co
 

May 29, 2007

Private equity firm HM Capital Partners LLC and J&F Participações SA, which owns 77 percent of Brazil’s JBS SA, Latin America’s largest beef processor, have signed a definitive agreement under which J&F will acquire meat processor Swift & Co...

Smithfield completes merger with PSF 

May 8, 2007

Smithfield Foods Inc has completed the acquisition of Premium Standard Farms Inc (PSF). Under terms of the merger, each PSF share has been converted into 0.678 Smithfield shares plus $1.25 in cash...

Armour Eckrich to close Kansas City plant 

Feb 5, 2007, from staff and wire reports

Armour Eckrich Branded Meats plans to shift its processed meats production to other facilities and close its Kansas City KS plant, effective August 31....

Greatwide to manage Tyson owner-operators 

Feb 1, 2007

Dallas TX-based Greatwide Logistics Services has agreed to manage Tyson Foods' owner-operator-based transportation services. As part of a five-year agreement...

Armour Eckrich plans to close meat plant 

Feb 1, 2007

Armour Eckrich Branded Meats plans to shift its processed meats production to other facilities and close its Kansas City KS plant, effective Aug 31, 2007....

National Beef wins commissary contract 

Feb 1, 2007

The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) has awarded a $33.9 million contract to National Beef Packing Co LLC, a unit of US Premium Beef, to supply fresh...

Beef processing facility set for Sooner State 

Jan 1, 2007

Smithfield Beef Group Inc and ContiGroup Companies Inc have announced an agreement in principle to form a 50/50 joint venture to build a new beef processing...

Hormel takes aim at hunger in America 

Jan 1, 2007

America's Second Harvest The Nation's Food Bank Network and Hormel Foods Corp have signed a two-year partnership agreement to fight hunger in the United...

Greatwide, Tyson sign owner-operator pact 

Dec 15, 2006, from staff and wire reports

Dallas TX-based Greatwide Logistics Services has agreed to manage Tyson Foods' owner-operator-based transportation services....

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