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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Brand-Building is New Focus for Betagro THAILAND - Betagro has announced plans to develop its chicken, egg and pork brands, as well as a doubling of pig meat output.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Govt Promises More Modern Processing FacilitiesPHILIPPINES - The government has announced plans to build four or five more modern slaughterhouses and poultry processing facilities.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Danish Crown Adapts Capacity; ESS-FOOD's New FaceDENMARK - Danish Crown says goodbye to 500 employees in Denmark. The reason is surplus capacity at a number of departments because fewer pigs are currently being sent for slaughter than anticipated.
Friday, October 14, 2011
CP to Open Supermarkets in BangkokTHAILAND - Charoen Pokphand Group is to launch CP Food Market at two locations in Bangkok shortly, including the Group's own meat and seafood products in its offering.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Danish Crown Attracts Strong Interest in CologneCOLOGNE, GERMANY - Danish Crown’s employees are having an extremely busy time at the Anuga trade show in Cologne where many interested customers are dropping by.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Cargill Reports Fall in EarningsUS – Meat, food and agribusiness giant Cargill has reported $236 million in earnings from continuing operations in the first quarter of the 2012 financial year to teh end of August.
Thursday, October 06, 2011
Cranswick Sees an Increase in Pork Sales UK - Sausage specialist Cranswick has seen an increase in pork sales as hard up consumers switch to cheaper meats.
Monday, October 03, 2011
Zhongpin Starts Trial Pork Production in Tianjin CHINA - Zhongpin Inc., a leading meat and food processing company in the People's Republic of China, started trial production at its new prepared pork products plant in Tianjin on Friday.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
VION Invests in LearningUK - VION has announced a multi-million pound investment in training and skills development at its pork processing facility at Broxburn.
13,700 Sq Metres of Extra Slicing Capacity in PolandPOLAND - Danish Crown’s subsidiary Sokolow is bringing together all its cold cuts slicing activities at a single factory.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Alliance Proposes Closure of Sockburn PlantNEW ZEALAND - The Alliance Group has started a consultation process with its staff and unions on a proposal to close its Sockburn Plant in Christchurch at the end of the 2012 processing season.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Brasil Foods in Negotiations for Doux Pig AssetsBRAZIL - Brasil Foods, BRF, has announced that it is in negotiations with the French poultry processing giant, Doux, for some of its pig meat slaughter and production business.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Breton Cooperatives Prepare to Sell GadFRANCE - The Gad pig processing operation in Britanny is to be sold. Possible regional buyers for the €700 million a year group include cooperative Cooperl Arc Atlantique and the Bigard-Socopa processing...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
FSA Advises Rejection of Proposal on PAP in EU FeedUK - The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has written to Government ministers setting out its advice not to support European Commission proposals that the European Union should relax a ban on using pig and...
Lawsuit Settled with Meat CompanyUS - The $32-million settlement ends a 12-year legal battle to get paid for hours worked, says the union representing workers at Tyson Foods.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Brasil Foods Buys Pig PlantBRF - Brasil Foods SA (BRF) is to exercise the purchase option on the Copercampos pig processing plant in Campos Novos, Santa Catarina, which has a slaughtering capacity for 7,000 hogs a day.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
VION to Stage Farm Visits for SchoolchildrenSCOTLANd, UK - VION Food Group (VION), one of the UK's leading food manufacturers, has teamed up with the Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET) in a three-year deal to help provide educational farm visits...
Strong Results at Cherkizovo Despite ChallengesRUSSIA - Despite the challenging operating environment at the beginning of this year, we have delivered a strong set of results across all segments in the first half of 2011, says the CEO of Cherkizovo...
Friday, September 09, 2011
Wal-Mart Selling Ordinary Pork as 'Green' PorkCHINA - The global retail giant Wal-Mart said on Wednesday that consumers who bought ordinary pork sold as higher-quality pork will get double their money back.
Thursday, September 08, 2011
QMS: Look for the Label to Win Luxury PrizeSCOTLAND, UK - In a new marketing campaign by Quality Meat Scotland, sharp-eyed shoppers who look for the label this month could get the opportunity for a luxury night away, thanks to Specially Selected...
Monday, September 05, 2011
Pork Producers Urged to Upgrade PackagingJAMAICA - Sing Chin, managing director of the Progressive Grocers of Jamaica consortium, said stores in the chain of 28 that earned the lowest margins were hit by two factors: high electricity bills and...
Friday, September 02, 2011
Cargill to Soon Start Breeding Hogs in TexasTEXAS, US - Cargill Inc., the fourth-largest US pork processor, predicts US exports of the meat will keep climbing and plans to begin breeding hogs this month at a Texas farm it bought from a competit...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Cablevey Offers Free Registration to Pack ExpoUS - Cablevey Conveyors is exhibiting in booth number S-6520 at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2011.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Danish Crown Invests in Plumrose PlantUS - Danish Crown is now ready with plans for a new factory in Council Bluffs in the US to future-proof Plumrose USA, which has had problems in recent years keeping up with demand.
Solid Third-Quarter Results for HormelUS - Hormel Foods has reported what is describes as 'solid third-quarter results' with total sales up 10 per cent in value.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Shuanghui's H1 Net Profit Goes DownCHINA - China's Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development Co Ltd, the country's top meat processor, posted a 85 per cent slump in its first-half net profit and has forecast its third-quarter earnings to...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Marfrig Reports Net Revenue up 50 Per CentBRAZIL - For the second quarter, Marfrig reports its net revenue at 5.3 billion real (BRR), an increase of 49.6 per cent on the same period of 2010.
Net Revenue up Four Per Cent for JBS BRAZIL - Net revenue for JBS was almost four per cent higher for the second quarter than for the same period last year. All the company's business units registered gains.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Cherkizovo Welcomes SubsidiesRUSSIA - Cherkizovo has welcomed government subsidies for producing pork, chicken and eggs as well as the recently revised import quotas for 2012.
Net Sales up 14 Per Cent at BRFBRAZIL - Brasil Foods has reported net sales for the latest quarter (Q2 2011) up 13.8 per cent, with margin up 15.6 per cent.
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