Food & Drink Weekly

1. Safeway or Anheuser-Busch Cos. could be potential takeover targets for...
Safeway or Anheuser-Busch Cos. could be potential takeover targets for Sears Holdings Corp., reported Chicago Sun-Times. Sears could leverage Safeway's food distribution system to save ...
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2. Creekstone answers USDA on mad cow testing.
Creekstone Farms has answered USDA's court documents opposing the company's motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit against USDA. Creekstone sued USDA in March for ...
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3. Swift & Co. says that exports of U.S. beef from its plant in Greeley, Colo.
Swift & Co. says that exports of U.S. beef from its plant in Greeley, Colo., are on hold until a USDA investigation is complete. Japan ...
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4. Food Products Association.
The Food Products Association has named Pat Verduin senior vice president and chief science officer. She previously was senior VP of product quality and development ...
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5. Crop scientists work to improve organic yields.
Crop scientists work to improve organic yields: Researchers at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln last week began to brainstorm ideas to help organic farmers improve ...
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6. International Dairy Foods Association.
The International Dairy Foods Association has named Julia Kadison as vice president for marketing and promoted Julie Buric from senior director of promotional marketing to ...
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7. ERS says mergers, acquisitions improve food industry efficiency.
Food production facilities involved in mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are highly productive before being acquired, and they significantly improved their productivity afterward, according to a ...
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8. Archer Daniels Midland Company announced at its 83rd Annual Shareholders'...
Archer Daniels Midland Company announced at its 83rd Annual Shareholders' Meeting that the eleven incumbent directors were re-elected to its Board. The directors re-elected are: ...
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9. Grocery chain's nutritional rating system criticized by food sector.
A New England grocery chain, Hannaford Brothers, has developed a system called Guiding Stars that rated the nutritional value of nearly all the food and ...
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10. National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics...
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns has appointed 12 members to the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board. They include: Ricardo Chavez Rel (New ...
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