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Plane mechanic's Spam doughnuts take the cake (i.e. grand prize)
In this era of "less is more" and "cheap runs deep," it’s no surprise that Spam, the canned meat staple that haunted dinner tables of the 1940s and 1950s, is reporting a continued and otherwise inexplicable uptick in sales.
Edible forms of Spam...Tags: Recipes, Foods and Beverages, Doughnuts, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Bon Appetit cafes to forgo pigs housed in cramped cages
Animal rights activists are winning ever more concessions from major companies on the issue of cramped cages for pigs -- this time from cafe company Bon Appetit Management.
Bon Appetit, which operates more than 400 cafes in 31 states -- including on...Tags: Smithfield, Companies and Corporations, The Getty, University of Pennsylvania, Economy, Business and Finance
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Spam maker Hormel to treat its pigs better
Do happier pigs make for better Spam?Hormel Foods Corp., which makes the gelatinous canned meat, is betting yes.
The Minnesota company said this week that it will stop using gestation crates by 2017. The crates, which are often so small that the pregnant...Tags: Smithfield, McDonald's, Smithfield Foods
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The day ahead in business
Reports: MBA mortgage index for week ended May 19, 6 a.m.; New home sales for April, 9 a.m.; FHFA housing price index for March, 9 a.m.; Crude inventories for week ended May 19, 9:30 a.m.Earnings: American Eagle Outfitters Inc., Bank of Montreal, Big Lots...
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Hormel ending tight confinement for pregnant pigs
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Hormel Foods Corp.'s company-owned farms are phasing out the use of small metal crates for confining pregnant hogs by the end of 2017 - a move welcomed Thursday by the Humane Society of the United States, which had pushed for the...Tags: Tyson Foods Incorporated, Companies and Corporations, Smithfield, Livestock Farming, Smithfield Foods
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Smithfield to stop using gestation crates for pigs
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Smithfield Foods Inc., the world's largest pork producer, said Thursday it plans to end the practice of keeping pregnant hogs at the company's farms in small metal crates. The Smithfield, Va.-based company, which has been criticized...Tags: Tyson Foods Incorporated, Smithfield, Companies and Corporations, Smithfield Foods, Livestock Farming
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Smithfield to stop using gestation crates for pigs
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s largest pork producer, said Thursday it plans to end the practice of keeping pregnant hogs at the company’s farms in small metal crates. The Smithfield, Va.-based company, which...Tags: Tyson Foods Incorporated, Smithfield, Companies and Corporations, Smithfield Foods, Livestock Farming
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Hormel ending tight confinement for pregnant pigs
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hormel Foods Corp.’s company-owned farms are phasing out the use of small metal crates for confining pregnant hogs by the end of 2017. It’s a move being welcomed by the Humane Society of the United States. The...Tags: Smithfield Foods
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McDonald's asks suppliers to stop using hog crates
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - McDonald's Corp. said Monday it will require its U.S. pork suppliers to provide plans by May to phase out crates that tightly confine pregnant sows, a move that one animal rights group predicted would have "a seismic impact" on the...Tags: Environmental Issues, YouTube, Coldplay (music group), Civil Rights, McDonald's
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Hormel announces changes
Oct. 11 - Hormel Foods Corp. also announced the retirement of Michael Tolbert, group vice president of Specialty Foods, effective Dec. 31. Donald Kremin will replace Tolbert and Patrick Connor will assume Kremin's responsibilities as vice president of...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Museum wallows in the porcine (we think) glory of Spam
AUSTIN, Minn. — When you've never tasted Spam, there's only one way to prepare for the Spam Museum: Eat Spam. And the places to do that in this town of 25,000 are plenty.
Steve's serves Spam pizza. Johnny's Main Event offers a Spam Reuben. Kenny'...Tags: Pineapple, Salads, Gracie Allen, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Museums
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Soggy Fields Curb Corn Planting as Demand for Ethanol, Feed Grow
|(c) 2011, Bloomberg News|CHICAGO -- Corn farmers were unable to plant on soggy or flooded fields from Arkansas to North Dakota this year, signaling tighter grain stockpiles even after rising demand for livestock feed and ethanol sent prices surging. The Department of Agriculture...Tags: Education, Biofuels, Weather Reports, Bloomberg L.P., Disasters
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