Kenya Flower Sector In Jeopardy As EU Mulls Over Economic Partnership Agreements Deadline

Kenya’s flower exports to the European Union (EU) will be subjected to a 16 per cent duty should a proposal to impose a deadline on the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) negotiations sail through the European Parliament this year.

Hormel Foods Receives Supplier Of The Year Award From Wal-Mart

March 19, 2012 Hormel Foods Corporation

Hormel Foods Corporation today announced it was named the Walmart Supplier of the Year for overall best supplier performance and partnership in 2011. The Supplier of the Year award is the top recognition given by Walmart and was presented at the Supplier Summit in Orlando, FL. The award recognizes Hormel Foods for a track record of successful innovation and years of consistent growth.

Cargill Beef Renews NASCAR Racing With Roush Fenway

March 19, 2012 Cargill

Cargill Beef today announced it has renewed its agreement with Roush Fenway Racing as the primary sponsor of the team’s No. 6 Ford Mustang driven by defending NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. The 24-year-old Olive Branch, Miss., native will drive the Cargill Beef Mustang for 12 races in the series during the 2012 season that began in late February, with multiple brands represented on the car during the season.

Mettler Toledo Introduces New Large Capacity Printer

March 19, 2012 METTLER TOLEDO

There’s no denying the impact that a label can have on a customer. Innovative labels offer differentiation, store brand promotion, and can increase sales. They are used as a means to inform, but also to differentiate. They can be fun and break routine. Your label is your brand.

Feds Fight Fraud In Seafood Sizes

Those plump and tempting scallops behind the fish counter glass might be a lot smaller than they look — a sodium-based compound can bloat scallops well past their actual size. And that pollock fillet isn't such a good deal if the price includes the layers of ice glazed onto it to keep it fresh.