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US Chicken to Make Pilgrim-age to Russia
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, Greeley, Colorado, has received
formal approval from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to
resume exporting chicken products to Russia, after switching from
chlorinated water to peroxyacetic acid to sanitize its meat.
The company said USDA has approved exports...
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Aldi Co-Founder Theo Albrecht Dies at 88
As he was reclusive in life, Theo Albrecht was kept reclusive in
death. The co-founder of Germany's Aldi discount chain died July
24 at age 88, but the company didn't reveal his passing until
after the funeral four days later.
Theo Albrecht, together with his brother Karl, founded the
superma...
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Catfish Importer Goes to Jail
"Don't do the crime if you can't do the time," ran the theme song
of the TV show Baretta.
So Thomas George, former chief executive officer of Sterling
Seafood Coin prison for passing off pangasius fish from Vietnam
as catfish and evading over $60 million in federal tariffs, plus
selling over...
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France's Picard Swallowed by Lion
French frozen food retailer Picard Surgeles is being acquired
from BC Partners Ltd. by Lion Capital LLP for a reported 1.5
billion euros ($1.94 billion). Lion will be the chain's third
private-equity owner in 10 years.
"Despite a hard consumer environment in 2009, Picard continued to
gain mar...
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Thai Union Frozen Products Buys European Cannery Group
Thai Union Frozen Products is set to announce that it will buy
French canned seafood business MW Brands in a deal worth between
EUR 650 million and EUR 700 million, people familiar with the
situation told the Wall Street Journal.
MW Brands was put up for sale by New York-based business
Trilan...
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More R&R for Ice Cream Giant
The R&R Ice Cream Group has once again expanded its production
and sales capacity through an acquisition. Cartel authorities
have approved the takeover of Rolland SAS, France's third largest
ice cream producer. Rolland employs 520 persons and has two
production facilities in France turning out 6...
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Eliminate US Fancy Grade? Fancy that!
The US Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) wants to revise 18
grade standards for frozen vegetables issued on or before July
22, 1985, and is looking for public comments.
The main object of the AMS is to replace the two term system with
a single term to describe each quality level for its gr...
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Marine Harvest to Vote on Dividend
Marine Harvest ASA, Oslo, Norway, has called an extraordinary
general meeting foe August 23 to vote on a proposed dividend of
NOK .20 a share, to be charged against other equity according to
the Company's balance sheet as of 31 December 2009, and to be
paid out Sept. 2.
This comes after the ...
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