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• Tyson Profit Better Than Expected; Outlook Strong

  Reuters - 2009-11-23

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc TSN posted higher-than-expected quarterly results on Monday on strength in its beef, pork and prepared foods businesses, which it expects to continue in its new fiscal year.The company, which is working to improve its chicken business, said all operating segments were profitable in...

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• Meat Producers Wise to Wait on Halal Market Entry

  BNET - 2009-04-21

  The halal and kosher markets are full of opportunities for food companies, so come on in, says a new report by Packaged Facts. Not only will religious Muslims and Jews be interested in products meeting their respective religious standards, the report said, but other consumers with an interest in ethical...

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• Food Roundup: Coke Offer Juiced, Tyson to Pamper Pets, Trade Sanctions Delayed, and More

  BNET - 2009-03-18

  China says "No" to Coke buy -- The Chinese government rejected an attempt by the Coca-Cola Company to purchase the Hiyuan Juice Group, which controls 40 percent of China's juice market. The government said the proposed $2.4 billion takeover would have had "an unfavourable impact on competition." [Source: Just-drinks] ...

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• Tyson Foods to Focus on Brazil, India, Other Emerging Markets

  BNET - 2008-11-03

  There's not much left for Tyson Foods to do in the U.S., founder and former CEO Don Tyson told the AP in a recent interview. Instead, the world's largest meat processor will focus on emerging markets like Brazil, India and China, following "the expanding footprint of fast food chains." by...

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• Spirit of Innovation Awards for product development teams: the 2008 Spirit of Innovation Awards resulted in a dessert, several entrees and even a probiotic wellness bar vying for the top spots in their respective categories. As impressive as the products

  - 2008-10-01

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This year's Spirit of Innovation Awards feature a diverse array of products--and an equally diverse range of teams and approaches to development. On the Retail side, Kraft Foods' developers envisioned pizza on an entirely new form of crust, while Tyson Foods took several years and countless hours...

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• Rising Costs Becoming an 'Epidemic' in Food Industry

  BNET - 2008-08-04

  Rising costs have become an "industrywide epidemic" in the food business, according to Eric Fox, a hedge-fund manager, writing at Investopedia.com. A bit of an overstatement, that. There are still food companies doing well, or at least relatively well. As Barron's noted last week, "it is all...

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• Food Companies' Bonds Could Get Junkier

  BNET - 2008-06-19

  It's too early to call it a "food recession" â€" too many companies are still doing too well for that â€" but Standard & Poor’s move to put several food producers on "CreditWatch negative" isn’t a good sign. The credit-ratings agency on Thursday said downgrades could be...

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• This Report Focuses on the Different Strategies Domestic and International Investors Are Employing to Exploit the Chinese Food and Drink Industry's Potential

  - 2008-05-07

  DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c91052) has announced the addition of "China Food and Drink Report Q2 2008" to their offering. The China Food Drink Report provides independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on China's food and drink industry. Executive Summary If the press coverage that China's...

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• Thanksgiving hero gets some thanks

  - 2008-04-16

  Feeding the hungry is a big challenge, but the desire to help the community came naturally for Dan McClosky, and it all started with turkeys. It was Thanksgiving 1998, and McClosky read a newspaper article about turkey shortages. He asked a friend to match him dollar for...

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• Tyson Foods Inc.'s ethics program, in a listing of the ethics and compliance programs of federal government contractors, ranks 21st among the 1,000 contractors analyzed by the Ethisphere Institute, which labeled Tyson "above standard" and second

  - 2008-03-24

  Tyson Foods Inc.'s ethics program, in a listing of the ethics and compliance programs of federal government contractors, ranks 21st among the 1,000 contractors analyzed by the Ethisphere Institute, which labeled Tyson "above standard" and second among food companies listed. The ratings are based on an analysis of code of...

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