Travel & Experiences
Jim A.
Aug. 27, 1987
Business
Poultry producer Pilgrim’s Pride on Tuesday offered to pay cash for Hillshire Brands Co. in a deal valued at $6.4 billion that would nix Hillshire’s pending acquisition of Pinnacle Foods.
May 27, 2014
United Asset Management Corp. said Monday that it is in talks to sell its Pilgrim Baxter & Associates Ltd. fund management unit to Nationwide Financial Services Inc.
Sept. 29, 1998
Los Angeles-based Pilgrim Group Inc., a unit of First Capital Holdings Corp., appointed Robert R.
Jan. 29, 1987
Hillshire Brands has some options: Tyson Foods or Pilgrim’s Pride?
June 3, 2014
Hillshire Brands Co. said Tuesday that it is conducting separate talks with suitors Tyson Foods Inc. and Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., which are competing to buy the maker of Ball Park franks and Jimmy Dean sausage.
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., the nation’s largest chicken producer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, hobbled by its debt load and volatile feed prices.
Dec. 2, 2008
Contaminated deli-style turkey made by Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. was the “most likely source” of a listeria outbreak that has caused at least seven deaths, health officials said.
Oct. 16, 2002
The food fight over Hillshire Brands Co. is getting messier.
May 29, 2014
Tyson Foods Inc., the second-largest U.S. pork producer, made an unsolicited $6.2 billion offer to buy Hillshire Brands Co., trumping a competing bid from Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. for the maker of Jimmy Dean sausages.