Supermarket chain Dave’s Marketplace has purchased QuickLabel’s Kiaro! inkjet label printer for use in printing custom labels for its prepared foods and fresh cut produce items. Dave's Marketplace used the label printer to ...
US-based Jack Link’s Beef Jerky is all set to acquire a packaged meat snack products manufacturing facility located in Bellevue, Nebraska from Skylark Meats, a subsidiary of American Foods Group. Both firms have signed a deal to ...
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Smithfield Foods CEO Larry Pope has insisted the US meat will produce "another year of solid earnings" despite lower quarterly profits. Falling earnings from fresh pork and hog production contributed to a decline in first-quarter profits ...
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Smithfield Foods will launch a line of deli and meat products in the US under the Cracker Barrel brand. US restaurant chain Cracker Barrel wants to take its brand into other channels and it today (13 November) announced a licencing deal ...
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Maple Leaf Foods has agreed to buy Canadian hog production firm Puratone, a deal the food group said would provide a "consistent supply" to its value-added meats business. The C$42m transaction includes livestock, facilities and interests ...
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Canadian food manufacturer Maple Leaf Foods has booked a drop in first-half profits. In the six months to the end of June, net earnings amounted to C$33.3m (US$33.2m), a 5.2% decline on the prior year. Adjusted operating earnings, ...
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Canadian food group Maple Leaf Foods has booked a drop in third-quarter earnings due to the write-down of certain assets. Maple Leaf earnings fell to C$32.6m (US$32.6m), down from $43m last year, the company revealed today (31 October). ...
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A management buy-in has saved a struggling meat processing firm in Yorkshire and preserved 100 jobs. Yorkshire Premier Meats in South Kirby now has a secure future and the management team has stabilised the business. The plant prepares ...
US firm Land O'Lakes has launched Saute Starter, a seasoned butter and olive oil product that can be used to both cook and flavour meats. The company said that the product is aimed at "moms with growing families", providing a quick and ...
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Tesco's US venture Fresh & Easy has extended its private-label offering with the launch of a 'Made Easy' convenience line. The range, which includes 39 varieties of bag salads and kits, micro-steamers, and sliced & diced vegetables has ...
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Smithfield Foods today (6 December) reported a slump in second-quarter profits but the US pork group's shares rose as underlying earnings beat forecasts. The company booked a 91% drop in net income for the three months to 28 October after ...
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US deli meats producer Columbus Foods has expanded its product range to include a ‘Farm to Fork Naturals' line. "Mminimally processed and free of antibiotics and additives, the range has been created in repsonse to "consumer desire ...
Concern over the impact higher pig prices could have on UK meat processor Cranswick sent the company's shares falling today (8 October). Cranswick, which reported a 6% increase in first-half sales, said the increasing cost of animal feed ...
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Speech by the Governor Sichuan, hometown of Deng Xiaoping, is famed for the' heavenly land'. In the upper reaches of Yangtze River, the province lies in the hinterland of Southwest China, covering an area of 485,000 sq km with a total ...
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Belgium-based Ter Beke has said it does not expect its 2012 results to exceed that of last year, as a result of increasing production costs. In a trading update, the company said increased volumes, price increases and "a far-reaching cost ...