Sanderson Farms Soars To All Time High

April 30, 2010 Eric Fox, Investopedia

Sanderson Farms stock has fully recovered from the bear market and has broken through to a lifetime high, powered by continued monthly price gains. Is there anything left on the upside for this stock?

Brief-National Pork Board: Cochise Pork Producer Provides Input On Checkoff Programs

Betsy Beck a pork producer from Cochise, Ariz., served as a delegate at the Pork Act Delegate assembly March 4-6 in Kansas City, Mo. Beck was named a delegate by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. The delegates are charged with helping to provide direction to the pork promotion, research and consumer information programs that are funded by the Pork Checkoff through the National Pork Board.

Walmart And Sam’s Club Require Enhanced Beef Safety Measures

April 30, 2010 Walmart

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced today that it will implement additional beef safety measures designed to further protect customers against foodborne illnesses. The new process controls standards and goals are additions to a food safety program that already requires ground beef suppliers to test for E.coli O 157:H7 and achieve prevention-based certification against one of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) internationally recognized standards.

Organic Bouquet Achieves A Trifecta Of Revenue Growth

April 30, 2010 Organic Bouquet

For three consecutive quarters, Organic Bouquet has achieved over 30 percent revenue growth compared to this time last year. Organic Bouquet’s revenue performance is even outpacing the industry average by double digits. As the nation’s leading supplier of earth-friendly flowers and gifts, Organic Bouquet attributes its revenue growth to the company’s mission-based model and mainstream marketing initiatives.

LA Flower District Wholesalers Avert Mother’s Day Volcano Logistics Nightmare

While Eyjafjallajokull’s volcanic ash cloud paralyzed European airspace, sending the floral industry supply chain scrambling across the globe for alternatives, the LA Flower District California Flower Mall continued to source wedding, and Mother’s Day flowers without a hiccup said President, Mark Chatoff.