Effective September 11, Foster Farms will increase the entry level wage rate for its Farmerville, Louisiana, processing facility TEAM members to $17.30 per hour from the current start rate of $12.70 per hour.
Waddell brings extensive experience in the areas of global development, sales, marketing, operations, and P&L management that will support the brand in its continued growth.
Based in Australia, Christopher Downs currently serves as general manager for Crop & Food Science with the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries in Queensland.
Klokov will work with CuliNEX’s product development team providing flavor-first product innovation and development solutions, from innovation to commercialization, for food industry partners of all sizes.
Richard Lovelace has been named executive vice president of Stellar’s Commercial/Military Group, and Kurt Warzynski has been promoted to senior vice president of Stellar’s Food Group.