Food & Beverage
November 12, 2007
American Italian Pasta Co. has hired Jack Kelly, a 30-year food industry veteran, to eventually take over as president and chief executive officer, the Associated Press reports. Kelly, who has
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November 5, 2007
The Associated Press reports that Minnesota companies Cargill Inc. and Hormel Foods Corp. told the House Agriculture Committee that their practice of packaging meat in carbon monoxide was safe, while
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October 22, 2007
Smithfield Foods Inc. filed a civil racketeering lawsuit against the United Food and Commercial Workers union, which for more than a decade has waged a campaign to organize workers at
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October 8, 2007
The U.S. Department of Labor recently said chicken producer Pilgrim''s Pride Corp. has agreed to pay $1 million to settle allegations that it engaged in hiring discrimination based on gender
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October 1, 2007
According to the Associated Press, Tyson Foods Inc. said recently that Chairman John Tyson will step down as an executive, although he remains chairman, effective immediately. Tyson will continue to
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September 24, 2007
The Associated Press reports that ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co. will "over-deliver" on its fiscal 2008 revenue guidance, Chief Executive William R. Johnson said recently during a conference. At a
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September 14, 2007
The Associated Press reports that Frits van Paasschen is resigning as president and chief executive of Coors Brewing Co. to take a job outside the industry, parent Molson Coors Brewing
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September 11, 2007
According to the Associated Press, work does not have to be strenuous to merit pay, an appeals court recently ruled in reviving a lawsuit filed by poultry workers. Tyson Foods
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September 10, 2007
Drug maker Abbott Laboratories spent $2.4 million lobbying the federal government in the first half of 2007, according to the Associated Press. Abbott lobbied Congress and federal agencies on dozens
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August 20, 2007
The Associated Press reports that the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America spent $10.7 million in the first half of 2007 to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure
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