Russia-based Basic Element plans to export pork, wheat and soybeans to China, as a part of its strategy to enter into Asia. Basic Element's agribusiness management directorate's managing director Andrey Oleynik said that the company is ...
Tags: export pork, wheat and soybeans, fastest growing consumption markets
US-based Margaritas Mexican Restaurants will offer a new menu item Macho Taco on 4 October to celebrate National Taco Day. The new item is made with crispy 12-inch tortilla shell, and stuffed with lettuce, beans, Mexican rice, seasoned ...
Tags: new menu, Mexican rice, seasoned chicken, ground beef, pork carnitas, bacon
US-based Hormel Foods has reported that its net earnings for the third quarter ended 29 July 2012 increased 13% to $111.2m, compared to $98.5m in 2011, due to strong performance of its grocery products unit. Sales for the quarter ...
Vion Food UK has announced it could be forced to close its loss-making pork processing plant in West Lothian, Scotland, putting nearly 1,700 jobs at risk. According to the company, the Hall's of Broxburn continued to record unsustainable ...
Dutch food company Vion has announced its plans to sell UK businesses, which employ 13,000 people in 38 facilities across the country. The company noted that this move is a part of its strategy to focus on core markets in Netherlands and ...
Tags: part of strategy, core markets, global ingredients business
US-based Moo & Oink has re-launched its Moo & Oink Pork Chitterlings, just in time for the holidays. The Moo & Oink Pork Chitterlings are pig intestines that are prepared by cleaning, rinsing and then boiled or stewed for several hours. ...
Mexico has initiated the export of pork to Singapore, with an initial shipment of 22 tons. The pork was shipped from Ensenada, Baja California. Mexico's agriculture department said that this operation confirms the marketing of meat ...
Tags: the export of pork, the marketing of meat products, pork industry
Vion Food UK is set to close its loss-making Hall's of Broxburn pork processing plant in West Lothian, Scotland, a move which will lead to a loss of 1,700 jobs. Vion Food, which rejected two offers for the site, stated that neither of the ...
Tags: pork processing plant, alternative employment, struggling food firm
Meca Foods, a food company based in Chicago, US, is recalling 2,970 pounds of tamales, as they were produced at a facility that was not inspected by state officials. The recall, in which nearly 13,500 items are being withdrawn from the ...
McLane, a Texas-based supply chain services provider and a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, has entered into an agreement to acquire Meadowbrook Meat Company (MBM) for an undisclosed amount. McLane chief executive officer Grady Rosier ...
Tags: supply chain services provider, food and beverage segments
Kunzler&Company,a food producer based in Pennsylvania,US,has launched holiday-themed packaging for its product Original Boneless Holiday Carving Ham. The company noted that the Original Boneless Holiday Carving Ham is made with Kunzler's ...
Tags: Original Boneless Holiday Carving Ham, packaging, price
Wenzhou, a prefecture-level city in southeastern Zhejiang Province was once a prosperous foreign treaty port, and remains well-preserved today. The Local Chronicles of Wenzhou record the city's often extravagant and always fascinating ...
Tags: Wenzhou, foreign treaty port, wedding
According to the fifth national census in 2000, the Primi population is 33,600. Their language, Primi, is a member of the Tibetan-Burman group of the Sino-Tibetan phylum. In the past, Primi was written using Tibetan characters, however, ...
Tags: Primi, food, architecture, festivals, customs
Maple Leaf Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire Puratone, a leading hog production company in Canada, for C$42m ($42m). The acquisition includes livestock, facilities and interests in some joint ventures. The deal is expected to ...
Potential buyers of Vion Food's pork processing plant in UK are being evaluated and talks are ongoing with the owners, according to Scottish government's finance secretary John Swinney. The second meeting of the Hall's of Broxburn ...
Tags: pork processing plant, the struggling food firm, significant investments