The Honey Baked Ham Company® Launches New Loyalty Program Helping Shoppers Earn Rewards

To celebrate the holiday season, The Honey Baked Ham Company® is not only saving families time in the kitchen with tasty, easy-to-serve meals, but they're also helping them get more with myHoneyBaked Rewards, a new loyalty program that lets you earn more on all your purchases.

The new loyalty program offers rewards on purchases, special offers, brand news and more! And when customers sign up, $9 in HoneyBaked Cash will automatically be added into their account after their first purchase...

Hormel Foods Unveils "The Inspired People Plaza" and 25-Foot-Tall Sculpture by Gordon Huether

Hormel Foods Corporation, a Fortune 500 global branded food company, unveiled "The Inspired People Plaza" at its global headquarters in Austin, Minn.

The centerpiece of the plaza is a 1-ton, 25-foot-tall fork sculpture created by Artist Gordon Huether. The statue is clad with nearly 20,000 forks, representing and donated by Hormel Foods team members worldwide. It is located on the front lawn of 1 Hormel Place and serves as the anchor of the new outdoor plaza. The plaza's name is a nod...

Real Good Foods Partners with Stockperks to Reward Retail Investor Relationships

The Real Good Food Company, Inc., an innovative, high-growth, branded, health- and wellness-focused frozen food company, announced today the launch of their Real Good Foods Perks Program on the Stockperks app.

Real Goods Foods shareholders who leverage the Stockperks app can redeem perks based upon four levels of shareholding. Perks include digital gift cards for Realgoodfoods.com, Visa Gift Cards to purchase Real Good Foods products at major retailers such as Wal-Mart, Costco, Target or Kroger, a selection of merchandise in the Real Good Foods...

Hormel Foods EVP Deanna Brady Receives Top Women in Grocery Honor

Hormel Foods Corporation, a Fortune 500 global branded food company, today announced Executive Vice President of Refrigerated Foods Deanna Brady is on the 2022 Top Women in Grocery list compiled each year by Progressive Grocer magazine.

Progressive Grocer's 2022 Top Women in Grocery awards program recognizes the integral role women play across all segments of the North American food retail and grocery industries. Now in its 16th year, it is the food retailing industry's longest-running program recognizing and celebrating the accomplishments and contributions of thousands of women...

Nick Calderon Joins GrubMarket as Director of Software Services, Strategic Accounts

GrubMarket, Inc. announced today that Nick Calderon, former Implementation Manager and Senior Consultant at Famous Software, will join its software team as Director of Software Services, Strategic Accounts for its flagship product, WholesaleWare. Nick will report to GrubMarket's Chief Software Officer, Genevieve Wang, and be responsible for implementations and training of WholesaleWare. WholesaleWare is the produce and protein industry's newest and most innovative ERP software and inventory management system. Nick, leveraging his wealth of experience, will help this leading technology through its next phase of continued exponential growth...

Smithfield Foods Commemorates 20 Years of Sustainability Leadership in New Report

Smithfield Foods, Inc., an American food company and one of the world's leading vertically integrated protein producers, today published its 2021 Sustainability Impact Report, the company's 20th, outlining its holistic approach to responsible food production and efforts to produce Good Food, do Good Work and be Good Stewards of its animals and the environment. In addition to reporting on progress toward goals and targets across seven key pillars, the report commemorates 20 years of industry sustainability leadership and milestones focused on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG).

"Since the..."

Perdue AgriBusiness Associates Achieve Safety Milestone

Associates at Perdue AgriBusiness, an operating division of Perdue Farms, achieved a safety milestone by completing their fiscal year (April 2021-March 2022) without experiencing an Occupational Safety and Health Administration recordable lost-time case and achieved 1.7 million consecutive lost-time free work hours in doing so.

“It’s our associates’ daily focus on workplace safety that makes this kind of milestone possible,” said Scott Fredericksen, president of Perdue AgriBusiness. “It also reflects a company commitment to involve our associates in creating a safe and productive work environment. Many of..."

Cargill to Build New Soybean Processing Facility in Southeast Missouri

Cargill has unveiled plans to build a new soybean processing facility located in Pemiscot County, Mo. near Hayti and Caruthersville to support growing domestic and global demand for oilseeds driven by food, feed and fuel markets. The facility will be the first of its kind for Southeast Missouri with an annual production capacity of 62 million bushels of soybeans. Cargill anticipates breaking ground on the project early next year with plans to be operational in 2026. The new facility will add approximately 45 full-time positions to the region when...

Real Good Foods Announces Launch of Crispy Chicken Shell Tacos in Walmart Stores Nationwide

The Real Good Food Company, Inc., an innovative, high-growth, branded, health- and wellness-focused frozen food company, has announced the launch of its newest platform, crispy chicken shell tacos, in Walmart stores nationwide. Beginning today, consumers can find three varieties of crispy chicken shell tacos across approximately 3,500 Walmart stores nationwide.

Real Good Foods' tacos are made from nutritious ingredients, are 100% Grain-Free and Gluten-Free, have only 2g of net carbs, and are packed with 25g of protein per serving. Unlike conventional tacos... 

Smithfield Foods' Tar Heel Senior Operations Manager Receives 2022 STEP Ahead Award

Smithfield Foods, Inc. is pleased to announce Tammy Russ, senior operations manager of the company's Tar Heel facility in North Carolina, has been named a 2022 STEP Ahead honoree by The Manufacturing Institute.

The institute is the workforce development and education partner of the National Association of Manufacturers and seeks to build and inspire the next generation of female leaders in manufacturing – from the factory floor to the C-suite – through its STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Production) Ahead Awards. The program annually recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of...

Nowadays Closes $7 Million Seed Round to Accelerate Health-Focused, Plant-Based Chicken

Health-focused plant-based meat company Nowadays closed its oversubscribed Seed round, raising just shy of $10 million to-date to support commercialization of new plant-based chicken innovation, scale its proprietary whole-cut technology platform, and expand distribution.

Currently, the company offers crispy plant-based chicken nuggets that have a classic fried chicken taste and texture made with only seven simple and sustainable ingredients. Nowadays emerges from its latest round of funding with one of the highest valuations for a company in its category...