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Smithfield swallows Sara Lee’s European meats business
Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., announced June 27 that it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the European meats business of Sara Lee Corp. for $575...
Smithfield to buy ConAgra meats unit for $575 million
Smithfield Foods Inc. on July 31 announced it had reached agreement with ConAgra Foods to purchase its Naperville, Ill.-based meats division and the Butterball,...
Studies fail to quell concerns over gas treatment of meat
A bitter regulatory battle over the safety of a packaging system that can keep meat looking fresh long past its shelf life is escalating, amid complaints that the...
Government approves proposed Smithfield, Premium Standard pork merger
Justice Department says Smithfield Foods' planned buy of Premium Standard Farms poses no antitrust problems.
China-based Cofco buys 5% of Smithfield Foods Inc.
Smithfield Foods Inc.struck a deal to sell 7 million shares, or 4.95 percent of the company’s common stock, to Cofco Ltd., China's largest national agricultural...
What the boss makes
Forbes’ annual list of CEO salaries finds few food execs near the top.
Beef sector welcomes Japan deal
The U.S. livestock industry on June 21 welcomed a deal that could resume beef exports to Japan by late summer, but meat packer and producer groups criticized it for...
Wixon Breaks Ground On New Innovation Center For Culinary & Protein
Wixon, Inc., a national food ingredients company in the Milwaukee suburb of St. Francis, broke ground Monday, March 17, for a culinary center to create, test and...
Food execs lay out strategies for 2007
Annual analysts meeting airs talk of resurrected brands, new products and takeovers.
Smithfield Foods Announces Pork Group Restructuring Plan
...Smithfield Foods Announces Pork Group Restructuring Plan FoodProcessing.com 02/17/2009 As part of its plan to cut its annual costs by up to $125 million by the...