Hormel Foods Corp. announced that Scott Aakre has been named vice president of corporate innovation and new product development and Whitney Velasco-Aznar is joining the company and assuming Aakre’s previous position as vice president of marketing for Grocery Products.
The prospect of a local USDA-inspected meat processor in Coos County, Ore., advanced Wednesday during a session among producers, processors and business developers.
Nebraska Beef Ltd. has reached a settlement with Meyer Natural Foods LLC over liability for a 2008 beef recall, according to an order filed late Friday in the federal case. A trial had been set for next month, reports the Associated Press.
Weber Inc. has invited processors using its slicing systems to attend Sanitation Symposium II, a three-day learning and leadership event at its North American headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., on March 22-24.
A federal judge in Wilmington, Del., has refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that poultry company Mountaire Farms failed to properly pay chicken catchers at its Millsboro plant.
Land O’Frost, America’s third-largest and fastest growing lunchmeat brand, today announced that David G. Funk, 53, has joined the company in the newly created position of senior vice president of sales and marketing.