Phillips Introduces New Crab Crunchers

Phillips Foods has introduced new Crab Crunchers.

Weis Markets Offers Holiday Gift Idea

August 24, 2010 The Beef Checkoff

Around the holidays, everyone is making their lists and checking them twice and searching for the perfect gifts. Weis Markets, a retail chain with 164 stores in PA, MD, NJ, NY and WV, gave their customers a great gift option they could simply order during a grocery shopping trip, no extra shopping needed!

Dearborn Sausage Co. & THANASI Foods Partner On Macomb Smoked Meats LLC To Acquire Beef Jerky & Smoked Sausage Production Plant

Dearborn Sausage Co., Inc., a national supplier of fresh sausages, premium beef jerky, snack sausages, and hams, and THANASI Foods LLC, a national supplier of branded snack foods, have formed Macomb Smoked Meats LLC as a joint venture to purchase and manage the American Foods Company Inc. beef jerky and smoked sausage production facility in Macomb, Michigan. Macomb Smoked Meats will employ approximately 50 people in metro Detroit.

Russian Chicken Ban Helps Choke Off Sanderson Farms Profit

August 24, 2010 Staff Reporter, Forbes

Sanderson Farms posted a dip in earnings Monday, with profits of $36.1 million, or $1.55 per share, from $43 million, or $2.06 per share, in the same quarter last year. Revenue declined 3%, to $489.1 million.

Beef To Take Bigger Bite Out Of Budgets

Supply of beef is down and demand is up. That will translate into steak and hamburger prices that are 6 to 7 percent higher at the supermarket than last year, said Rich Nelson, director of research at commodities research firm Allendale Inc. in McHenry.