Pilgrim's Pride
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Spectre raised of plant-based meat fragility as Very Good Food goes on the marketIn September, Simon Harvey used The Very…
Pilgrim’s Food Masters to close UK Noon factory, 220 jobs at risk
Pork manufacturer Pilgrim’s Food Masters has announced it plans to close one of its UK sites, putting 220 jobs at…
Eyeing alternatives – meat companies with stakes in meat-free and cell-based meat
The rise of plant-based products and the arrival of cell-cultured – or 'clean' – options as meat alternatives are trends…
More bad news for UK meat workers as Moy Park plans facility closure
Moy Park is to shut a UK poultry plant with the loss of hundreds of jobs, fresh on the heels…
Pilgrim’s Pride to shut two UK plants in “business recovery” move
The UK arm of US meatpacking heavyweight Pilgrim’s Pride is to close two plants, putting 675 jobs at risk. Pilgrim’s…
Pilgrim’s Pride earmarks US$450m investments to support profit growth
Pilgrim’s Pride, the US poultry and prepared-foods business majority-owned by Brazil’s JBS, plans to spend US$450m on capex projects over…
US poultry industry executives acquitted in price-fixing trial
A US federal court has cleared five poultry industry executives, including two former CEOs of Pilgrim’s Pride, of price-fixing. Retired…
Can’t get the staff – the food industry’s labour pains
With labour shortages endemic throughout the food industry, companies are having to invest to retain and attract staff while at…
JBS pulls bid to take full control of Pilgrim’s Pride
Brazilian meat giant JBS has backed out of a bid to take full control of US poultry firm Pilgrim’s Pride.…
Filings buzz: tracking industrial automation in food manufacturing
Mentions of industrial automation within the filings of companies in the food manufacturing industry were 58% higher between July 2020…