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The RPI – a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook for the U.S. restaurant industry – stood at 100.6 in November, up 0.6 percent from October.

To kick-start 2012, Tyson Foods and Hungry Girl Lisa Lillien have teamed up to coach women through the next month via the new "30 Days, 30 Ways, 30 Rewards" program.

An edited video taped by an undercover employee at the facility allegedly showed live turkeys being kicked, thrown, hit and dragged by the wings or head, reports Reuters.

Madeline Perdue, former wife of the late Frank Perdue and mother of Perdue Farms Chairman Jim Perdue, died in her home Wednesday, December 28.

Shamrock Foods, a Phoenix, Ariz., establishment, is recalling approximately 7,500 pounds of marinated beef and marinated chicken products.

Tyson Foods will launch a new promotion featuring savings on Wings, Boneless Wings, and 7UP brand beverages for the football playoff season.

As a result of the transaction, Leucadia owns a 78.95% interest in National Beef.

Pork stockpiles in the U.S. rose 5.8 percent at the end of November from a year earlier.

The USDA estimates that 2012 U.S. per capita beef consumption for 2012 will be around 54.1 pounds, a drop from 2011's estimate of 57.4 pounds.

Holton, with more than 30 years of pork industry experience, is a 17-year veteran of Seaboard Foods.