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Bob Evans announces 2011 financial results, 2012 outlook
Bob Evans Farms, Inc. announced June 7 its financial results for the fiscal 2011 fourth quarter and full year ended Friday, April 29, 2011.
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Cargill hosts KORUS FTA forum
Cargill hosted an employee forum June 7 and a business roundtable discussion on the U.S. – South Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA), which is currently pending Presidential notification to and approval from U.S. Congress.
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Quiznos launches Southern BBQ pulled pork sandwich
Quiznos announced the additions of three new products to their menu, including pulled pork subs, fresh farmers’ market salad and whole grain flatbread wraps. The products were developed by chef Zach Calckins, a former fine dining chef.
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Smithfield, China port company form partnership
Smithfield Foods Inc. and Dandong Port Group have formed a partnership to explore trade opportunities in northern China.
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DuPont Advisory Committee on Ag Innovation releases its recommendations
The challenge of feeding a growing population of 9 billion by 2050 requires collaboration across all stakeholders on a scale never seen before and it has to start now, according to the DuPont Advisory Committee on Agriculture Innovation and Productivity for the 21st Century. The committee released a report detailing recommendations for closing the food productivity gap.
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Ohio FFA chapter wins $3,000 in Weeding out Hunger FFA Video Challenge
Mechanicsburg FFA of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, has been named Grand Champion in the Weeding out Hunger™ FFA Video Challenge.
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Commentary: Ronald 1, Activists 0
A proposal to force McDonald’s Corp. to curtail marketing to children and retire Ronald McDonald was defeated yesterday by shareholders at the fast-food company’s annual meeting.
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Tyson Foods says U.S. demand for protein improving
Tyson Foods Inc. told investors at the BMO Capital Markets 2011 Farm to Market Conference that sales of chicken, beef and pork improved in the past two weeks as the weather turned warm.
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Wal-Mart sales continue to sag; retailer raising some food prices
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported U.S. sales fell for the eighth consecutive quarter as expensive gasoline pressured consumers, and the largest retailer said it is raising prices for some foods to offset inflation in meat, milk and other products.
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Novus expands Arkansas mineral-supplement plant
Novus International, Inc. today cut the ribbon commemorating the opening of its newly expanded Novus Arkansas facility in Little Rock.
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Allflex acquires Destron Fearing Corp.
Allflex USA, Inc. has expanded its business in animal identification technology, with news it has acquired Destron Fearing Corporation the animal-identification branch of Digital Angel Corp., for $25 million in cash.
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