06/25/2009 10:28AM
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. -- Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., (NASDAQ:RRGB) , a casual dining restaurant chain focused on serving an innovative selection of high-quality gourmet burgers in a family-friendly atmosphere, today announced it has begun phasing-in purchasing preferences toward ensuring that
05/13/2009 07:52AM
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal's plans to spend $50 million on a Farmerville chicken plant go before lawmakers Wednesday.
The full Legislature already has agreed to loosen the eligibility requirements for the $414 million economic development "mega-fund" so the chicken plant deal can receive
02/26/2009 07:57AM
U.S. chicken producer Sanderson Farms Inc (SAFM.O) posted a smaller-than-expected first-quarter loss on Thursday amid higher feed costs and slow restaurant traffic.
The results came in ahead of Wall Street expectations as demand for chicken products held steady in the retail grocery market and grain
01/05/2009 11:33AM
CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN) announced the departure of President and Chief Executive Dick Bond Monday, the second high-profile casualty of the difficulties facing the U.S. meat industry.
Bond, one of the sector's most outspoken executives, will be replaced immediately on an interim
01/05/2009 10:20AM
SPRINGDALE, Ark., Jan. 5, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dick Bond, president and chief executive officer of Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN), announced today he is leaving the company, effective immediately. Leland Tollett, former chairman and CEO of the company, has agreed to return to the company as President
12/17/2008 02:30PM
Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN) said Wednesday that it has amended its revolving credit agreement to require that the company pledge "substantially all" of its assets to secure performance of its obligations under the agreement.
Some of the assets to be pledged by subsidiary Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. will also
12/17/2008 09:11AM
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Names Don Jackson As President & CEO
PITTSBURG, Texas, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PGPDQ.PK) today announced that its board of directors has named Don Jackson as its president and chief executive officer subject to approval of the
12/16/2008 02:55PM
SPRINGDALE, Ark., Dec. 16, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nearly half of the children in the small, central African country of Rwanda reportedly suffer from chronic malnutrition and at least two-thirds of the population lives below the country's national poverty line.*
These are among the reasons Tyson Foods
12/04/2008 01:59PM
CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Smithfield Foods Inc. (SFD), the world's largest pork producer by revenue, warned Thursday that it would take two quarters for falling commodity prices to translate into lower animal feed costs.
But the prospect of lower input costs and still-buoyant exports saw Smithfield shares