Tyson Foods has completed the acquisition of AdvancePierre Foods, a provider of ready-to-eat sandwiches, snacks and other food products, for about $4.2bn. The acquisition to expands its Tyson Foods’ portfolio of prepared foods and ...
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US-based Tyson Foods has submitted an offer to acquire packaged foods company Hillshire Brands in an all-cash deal of $6.8bn. Tyson's offer of $50.00 per share in cash is expected to provide Hillshire shareholders with an immediate ...
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This Valentine’s Day, Ball Park brand, the maker of great tasting guy food, encourages Americans everywhere to skip the romantic card and box of chocolates and surprise the man in their life with the one gift he’s guaranteed to ...
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Major food companies are keeping their word by removing 6.4 trillion calories from the U.S. marketplace in an effort to promote healthy weight, a new report says. The report, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), a ...
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The 1998 Major League Baseball season will forever be remembered for "The Chase," first by Ken Griffey, Jr., and finally between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, to top Roger Maris's home-run record of 61. "The Chase" brought beer-drinking and ...
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The Hillshire Brands Company today reported results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2014. Net sales increased 1% to $984 million over the prior year's first quarter Adjusted1 operating income of $76 million, down 24.4% versus the ...
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There's plenty of choice for the perfect game of retrieve as we have a ball on a rope dog toy. The Ball Park protects your hand from the slobbery dog tennis ball and others, as do the Launch Balls , which have the added advantage of ...
Bimbo Bakeries USA, the American arm of Mexican baking company Grupo Bimbo, has acquired the Beefsteak bread brand from Hostess Brands, the US-based bankrupt producer of bakery products, for $31.9m. The Beefsteak brand has been acquired ...
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US-based Hillshire Farm, a brand owned by Hillshire Brands, has introduced three new Angus beef smoked sausage products to its portfolio. The new line of premium, pre-seasoned and pre-cooked Angus Beef offerings include Smoked Beef, ...
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Sara Lee Premium Meats, owned by US-based Hillshire Brands, has revamped the packaging of its turkey, chicken and ham deli meats in the deli segment and now feature the Heart-Check mark in the celebration of American Heart Month. The new ...
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US food company Hillshire Brands has completed the sale of its Australian subsidiary Kitchens of Sara Lee (KOSL) to McCain Foods (Aust), a subsidiary of McCain Foods, for A$82m ($85m). McCain Foods (Aust) entered into an agreement to ...
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US food company Hillshire Brands has reported that its net income decreased by 86.1% to $65m for the second quarter ended 29 December 2012, compared to $470m for the corresponding period in the last year. The company's net sales increased ...
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US food company Hillshire Brands is planning to introduce new products in frozen breakfast category in an effort to become the most innovative meat-centric company in North America. The offerings will range from easy-to-heat breakfast ...
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Dell has announced an upgrade to its Dell Compellent Storage Center SAN operating system (OS) that nudges the array into enterprise SAN territory. The company also said changes to the Storage Center OS laid the ground for all-flash arrays ...
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Value is an interesting concept in technology:you can buy Android ICS tablets for half the price of Apple's iPad,but we've yet to see one that we would consider a bargain.And here comes the Archos 7od eReader,an ebook reading device half ...
Tags: Archos 7od Ereader, half the price of the Amazon Kindle Touch