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| 26.08.2026 |
Cramer’s lightning round: Buy QXO | Monday - Friday, 6:00 - 7:00 PM ET
It’s that time again! “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer rings the lightning round bell, which means he’s giving his answers to callers’ stock questions at rapid speed.
BillionToOne: “We decided it’s a pretty dar... |
| 26.05.2026 | How the food and beverage industry is rethinking manufacturing investments | Food and beverage companies are becoming more selective about their manufacturing investments as they prioritize cost efficiency in a time of declining sales.
Manufacturing investments in the food and beverage industry hit a low point in Ma... |
| 17.04.2026 | Leftovers: Kraft Mac & Cheese gets restaurant-inspired upgrade | PBR pickle beer is here | Listen to the article 5 min
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| 10.04.2026 | Leftovers: Liquid IV turns Grillo’s pickle flavor prank into reality | Mike’s Hard Lemonade gives dirty soda a shot | Listen to the article 5 min
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| 25.03.2026 | Geopolitical Swings Rattle Markets | Middle East tensions drove market swings. President Trump announced US-Iran talks for a conflict resolution. Stocks surged. Oil prices plummeted. Iran quickly denied any discussions. Optimism faded rapidly. Global markets reversed course. O... |
| 24.03.2026 | US stocks give back some of the rally sparked by Trump’s talk of negotiations with Iran | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By STAN CHOE, AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — With airstrikes still battering Iran and missiles still targeting sites across the Middle East, some of the optimism that sent stocks rallying the d... |
| 12.03.2026 | Senate Democrats push to ‘break up’ the meat industry | Listen to the article 3 min
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Tyson Foods, Cargill and other meat companies would be required to sell only one type of protein under a proposal to address runa... |
| 03.03.2026 | Mondelēz CEO says M&A is harder as acquisition targets become ‘too expensive’ | Listen to the article 4 min
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The asking price for acquisition targets is rising as food companies use M&A to address their “desperate” appetite for growth, making it ... |
| 19.02.2026 | Hormel to sell off Thanksgiving turkey assets | Listen to the article 2 min
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Hormel Foods is selling its whole-bird turkey business to Life-Science Innovations for an undisclosed amount, though it will reta... |
| 17.02.2026 | Smithfield to build $1.3B pork processing plant | Listen to the article 3 min
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Smithfield Foods said Monday it would spend up to $1.3 billion over the next three years on a new combined packaged meats and por... |
| 10.02.2026 | Smithfield to close Massachusetts dry sausage plant | Listen to the article 2 min
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Smithfield Foods will close a Massachusetts dry sausage plant and lay off 190 workers in a move to optimize production, according... |
| 27.01.2026 | General Mills sells Muir Glen tomato brand to private equity firm | Listen to the article 2 min
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General Mills sold its Muir Glen brand of organic tomatoes to Violet Foods, a manufacturer of pizza sauce, pasta sauce and other ... |
| 26.01.2026 | Uno frozen pizza offloaded by private equity firm | Listen to the article 2 min
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Private equity firm Brynwood Partners is selling its pizza division, Great Kitchens Food Company, to baked goods maker Rich Products for an u... |
| 21.01.2026 | Iconic Coney Island hot dog hawker Nathan’s Famous is sold for $450 million | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By MATT OTT, AP Business Writer
Nathan’s Famous, which opened as a 5-cent hot dog stand in Coney Island more than a century ago, has been sold to packaged meat giant Smithfield Foods in an all-cash... |
| 21.01.2026 | Smithfield Foods to buy Nathan’s Famous for $450M | Listen to the article 2 min
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Smithfield Foods is buying hot dog brand Nathan’s Famous for $450 million in cash, or $102 per share. The transaction is expected... |
| 07.10.2025 | Tyson agrees to record $85M settlement in pork price-fixing lawsuit | Listen to the article 2 min
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Tyson Foods has agreed to pay $85 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accuses the company of conspiring with JBS and ot... |
| 01.10.2025 | Tyson Foods to pay $85 million in largest pork price-fixing settlement | Tyson Foods to pay $85 million in largest pork price-fixing settlement
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| 11.09.2025 | Perdue Farms to lay off 300 workers at Indiana turkey plant | Listen to the article 2 min
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Perdue Farms is laying off nearly 300 employees at an Indiana turkey plant as the company adjusts production due to bird flu and a consumer s... |
| 03.09.2025 | Tyson Foods says supply-chain chief leaves after violating conduct rules | Tyson Foods says supply-chain chief leaves after violating conduct rules
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| 07.05.2025 | Child Labor and Disability Rights: A Tale of Two Crises | In the heart of America, two stories unfold. One reveals the dark underbelly of child labor in the meatpacking industry. The other highlights the precarious position of disabled workers facing layoffs. Both narratives expose systemic failur... |
| 07.05.2025 | US senator investigates claims of child labor at Tyson Foods plant | US senator investigates claims of child labor at Tyson Foods plant
By Tom PolansekMay 6, 202510:41 PM UTCUpdated ago
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| 02.04.2025 | Smithfield sells off pigs as attention turns toward lunch meats | Listen to the article 3 min
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Smithfield Foods is rapidly selling off pigs as the U.S' largest pork producer looks to recover losses in hog production and buil... |
| 07.03.2025 | Canada suspends imports from biggest US pork processing plant | Canada suspends imports from biggest US pork processing plant
By Tom PolansekMarch 7, 20254:26 PM UTCUpdated ago
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| 05.03.2025 | ‘Bear with me,’ Trump says as both farmers and consumers brace for tariff effects | - |
| 04.03.2025 | China slaps extra tariffs of up to 15% on imports of major U.S. farm exports | - |
| 24.02.2025 | The Pizza Paradox: Domino's Struggles Amidst Fast-Food Frenzy | In the fast-paced world of fast food, Domino's Pizza finds itself in a tight spot. The company recently reported a disappointing quarterly performance, missing sales estimates and feeling the heat from competitors. As consumers tighten thei... |
| 24.02.2025 | Jim Cramer’s top 10 things to watch in the stock market Monday | 1. U.S. GDP is estimated to growth 2.3% in the first quarter, according to the Atlanta Fed’s closely watched GDPNow model. That would be a slowdown from 2.9% in the fourth quarter. Is the consumer tapped out? That will be a theme as we try ... |
| 13.02.2025 | French ingredients supplier Solina expands further into US with seasoning acquisitions | Listen to the article 3 min
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| 07.02.2025 | Tyson Foods: Navigating Challenges and Seizing Opportunities in 2025 | Tyson Foods is at a crossroads. The meatpacking giant is adjusting its sails to navigate a stormy sea of tariffs, changing consumer habits, and fluctuating cattle prices. As it raises its sales forecast for 2025, the company is not just rea... |
| 03.02.2025 | Tyson lifts 2025 sales forecast, prepares for tariff impacts | Tyson lifts 2025 sales forecast, prepares for tariff impacts
By Tom Polansek, Neil J Kanatt and Heather SchlitzFebruary 3, 20254:40 PM UTCUpdated ago
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| 31.01.2025 | Trump tariffs to stoke US food inflation despite pledge to lower costs | Trump tariffs to stoke US food inflation despite pledge to lower costs
By Karl Plume, Tom Polansek and Renee HickmanJanuary 31, 20257:44 PM UTCUpdated ago
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| 21.01.2025 | Smithfield Foods seeks up to $10.7 bln valuation in US IPO | Smithfield Foods seeks up to $10.7 bln valuation in US IPO
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| 21.01.2025 | Smithfield Foods targets up to $10.7 billion valuation in US IPO | :Smithfield Foods is targeting a valuation of up to $10.73 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, the Farmland bacon maker said on Tuesday, moving closer to its much-anticipated stock market return in the country after more than a dec... |
| 21.01.2025 | IPO крупнейшего в мире производителя свинины Smithfield нацелено на привлечение до $940 млн | Крупнейший в мире производитель свинины и косвенно принадлежащая дочерняя компания его владельца, WH Group Ltd., котирующаяся на бирже в Гонконге, предлагают акции на листинге. Smithfield и продающий держатель планируют предложить по 17,4 м... |
| 20.01.2025 | Guest review: Documentary film ‘The Grab’ unpacks the global scramble for farmland | Adam Formica is the chief science officer at Sensonomic, an Oslo, Norway-based software provider helping growers achieve operational excellence. He works with vineyard and orchard companies in the US, Europe, and the Southern Hemisphere, co... |
| 18.01.2025 | The Hidden Crisis: Child Labor in America's Meatpacking Industry | In the shadows of America’s meatpacking plants, a troubling reality unfolds. Children, some as young as 13, are found working in hazardous conditions. The U.S. Department of Labor is shining a spotlight on this issue, unveiling a series of ... |
| 17.01.2025 | Labor Department puts spotlight on child labor in slaughterhouses with 3 settlements this week | OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The problem of kids working in dangerous slaughterhouses continues to be a concern as the Labor Department announced its third agreement this week with a company in the industry agreeing to pay a penalty and reform its pr... |
| 11.01.2025 | US chicken, pork plant workers face higher health risks, USDA studies confirm | US chicken, pork plant workers face higher health risks, USDA studies confirm
By Tom PolansekJanuary 10, 202511:08 PM UTCUpdated ago
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| 09.01.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: India’s Botanic Healthcare bags $29m, Fermata secures $10m, Plenty facing value cut | The new year started with new fundraises from India-based nutraceutical startup Botanic Healthcare and agriculture-focused data science company Fermata.
Meanwhile, Ohalo teamed up with farmers in Florida to develop a “disease-resistant stra... |
| 08.01.2025 | Smithfield Foods files for public offering on US stock exchange | Listen to the article 4 min
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Smithfield Foods on Monday filed a proposal that would return the U.S.' largest pork producer back to the public market.
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| 06.01.2025 | Smithfield Foods first to publicly file in 2025 for big US IPO | Smithfield Foods first to publicly file in 2025 for big US IPO
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| 06.01.2025 | A new chapter for Smithfield meat market is something to celebrate | - |
| 06.12.2024 | WH Group get shareholders' nod to spin off, list Smithfield Foods in US | Asian MarketsWH Group get shareholders' nod to spin off, list Smithfield Foods in US
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| 06.12.2024 | WH Group get shareholders' nod to spin off, list Smithfield Foods in US | Hong Kong-based WH Group, the world's largest pork producer, said on Friday that its shareholders had approved spinning off Smithfield Foods into a listed company in the United States.
WH Group said 99.4 per cent of its shareholders voted i... |
| 04.12.2024 | Cargill cuts 5% of global workforce after profits decline | Listen to the article 2 min
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Agribusiness giant Cargill is slashing 5% of its global workforce in an effort to streamline operations after reporting a rare de... |
| 18.11.2024 | Hong Kong's WH Group seeks shareholder approval for US unit spin-off, listing | Hong Kong-based WH Group, the world's largest pork producer, is seeking shareholder approval for the proposed spin-off of its U.S. unit Smithfield Foods and plans to list the business in the U.S.
WH Group said on Sunday the underlying pre-m... |
| 01.10.2024 | PETA Warns US Meat Companies to Learn from Mistakes of Tobacco Farmers and “Get Out Now!” | PETA is urging five major US meat companies—Hormel Foods, Cargill, Smithfield Foods, Tyson Foods, and Oscar Mayer—to shift their focus from animal-based products to vegan alternatives, following the example set by one of Italy’s oldest meat... |
| 28.08.2024 | Smithfield spins off Europe business ahead of potential US listing | Listen to the article 3 min
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Smithfield Foods, Inc., on Tuesday spun out its European operations as it looks to go public and list company shares in the Unite... |
| 10.07.2024 | Maple Leaf Foods spins off its pork business | Listen to the article 2 min
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Maple Leaf Foods, one of Canada’s largest food companies, plans to spin off its pork division. The move will create two public companies, eac... |
| 07.06.2024 | USDA, FDA & EPA Renew Agreement for Programme to Reduce Food Loss & Waste | 4 Mins Read US government departments have signed an agreement to renew their collaborative efforts to reduce food waste and loss in the country.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Environmental ... |
| 19.04.2024 | Smithfield Foods donation will help this year’s Rev chefs | - |
| 18.04.2024 | India opens market to US farming industry in 12 categories: Katherine Tai | - |
| 10.04.2024 | Kraft Heinz’s Lunchables have high amounts of sodium and lead, Consumer Reports finds | Listen to the article 5 min
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Kraft Heinz’s Lunchables and similar lunch kits contain “relatively high” amounts of lead, cadmium and sodium, according to Consu... |
| 19.03.2024 | Conservative investor drops Tyson Foods over immigration flap | A conservative investment fund divested its holdings in Tyson Foods saying the company's plans to hire refugees and asylum seekers will alienate customers amid the crisis at the southern border.
Driving the news: Misinformation about Tyson'... |
| 14.03.2024 | Processed Meat Market Size, Share And Growth Analysis For 2024-2033 | Processed Meat Market Size, Share And Growth Analysis For 2024-2033
The Business Research Company's Processed Meat Global Market Report 2024 – Market Size, Trends, And Global Forecast 2024-2033
The processed meat market size is expected to ... |
| 12.03.2024 | Tyson to shutter Iowa pork plant, impacting more than 1,200 jobs | Listen to the article 2 min
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Tyson Foods announced Monday it will close a pork plant in Perry, Iowa, which will result in the loss of 1,276 manufacturing jobs.
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| 20.02.2024 | The 2024 list of agrifood corporates making regenerative agriculture commitments | The last time we compiled a list of agrifood corporates making regenerative agriculture commitments, it took hours upon hours of reading between corporate jargon lines to understand a handful of companies’ goals.
What a difference a couple ... |
| 26.10.2023 | From Beef to Beans: When Big Meat Enters Plant-Based in the Americas, Part One | The entrance of Big Meat into the plant-based category was nothing short of inevitable when the food industry began to realize both the huge potential of alternative foods as well as the future limitations on the planet’s capacity to “grow”... |
| 18.10.2023 | Future Food Quick Bites: Meaty Concerts, Livestock Liability & A Salmon Song | 10 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Beyond Meat’s Madison Square Garden link-up, Kaufland’s pric... |
| 10.10.2023 | Smithfield to close North Carolina pork processing plant | Dive Brief:
Smithfield Foods said Monday it will close a North Carolina pork plant to increase efficiency and "better utilize existing capacity."
Production at the meat giant's Charlotte plant will be moved to its facility in Tar ... |
| 13.06.2022 | Smithfield cites 'escalating' costs in California for closure of Farmer John plant | Dive Brief:
Smithfield Foods announced it will end operations at its Farmer John pork processing plant in Vernon, California, in early 2023. In a statement, Smithfield said it is “taking these steps due to the escalating cost of doing busin... |
| 17.03.2022 | As regenerative agriculture takes root, let’s hold corporates accountable | Earlier this year, AFN compiled a list of climate commitments from agrifood corporates in an effort to keep track of and hold businesses accountable to these promises. Increasingly, these include regenerative agriculture commitments.
Regene... |
| 10.03.2022 | TPG Rise Climate Accelerates Renewable Energy Development with Investment in Monarch Bioenergy Joint Venture | San Francisco and Fort Worth, TX -- March 10, 2022 -- TPG Rise Climate, the climate investing strategy of TPG’s global impact investing platform TPG Rise, today announced an investment in Monarch Bioenergy (“Monarch”), a joint venture betwe... |
| 10.09.2021 | Janky Leg BBQ Crowned First-Ever Overall Winner Of The Smithfield Classic BBQ Competition | |
| 02.09.2021 | Smithfield To Host $50,000 Purse BBQ Competition - Smithfield Classic - This Labor Day Weekend In Nashville | |
| 16.08.2021 | Pure Farmland™ Awards $125,000 To Local Gardens And Farms | |
| 11.08.2021 | Largest Renewable Natural Gas Project of Its Kind Implements Manure-to-Energy Technology Across Northern Missouri, Celebrates Construction Completion Ahead of Joint Venture's 10-Year Anniversary | |
| 21.06.2021 | Farmland® Launches Its Honoring The Heartland Tour And Embarks On Journey Across The Midwest To Celebrate Unsung Heroes In Farming And Agricultural Communities | |
| 02.06.2021 | Smithfield Foods Expands Sustainability Program in New Report, Builds on Industry-Leading Carbon Reduction Efforts and Underscores Commitment to Worker Health and Safety and Diversity, Equity and Incl... | |
| 16.03.2021 | Utah College Football Season Raises Nearly 40,000 Pounds of Food Bank Donations | |
| 15.03.2021 | Smithfield Foods Announces New Recyclable Packaging and Plastic Reduction Commitments | |
| 12.03.2021 | Smithfield Foods Donated Nearly $70 Million in 2020, Marking Largest Year of Philanthropic Giving in Company History | |
| 09.12.2020 | Dominion Energy, Smithfield Foods complete first-of-its-kind renewable natural gas project in Utah | |
| 01.12.2020 | Smithfield Foods Matches Donations to Feeding America for Giving Tuesday | |
| 23.11.2020 | Smithfield Foods Donates More Than 38,000 Pounds of Protein to Local Food Bank During "Scouting for Food" Annual Food Drive | |
| 20.11.2020 | Smithfield Foods Contributes 80,000-Pound Protein Donation for 24th Annual Mayflower Marathon Food and Fund Drive | |
| 12.11.2020 | Smithfield Foods Announces $500,000 Grant to Support Education Pipeline for Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences | |
| 20.10.2020 | Pure Farmland™ Presents $20,000 To Norris Square Neighborhood Project As Part Of Its Pure Growth Project | |
| 01.10.2020 | Smithfield® launches New Power Bites™, Real Egg, Cheese and Sausage Bites you can eat Anywhere | |
| 24.09.2020 | Three of World’s Biggest Pork Producers Are Releasing Vegan Meats This Week | Meat processors all around the world are waking up to plant-based, not only do they seemingly realise the ever-increasing demand for vegan meats, but surely they must also be looking to the not distant future and seeing that this is the onl... |
| 17.09.2020 | Smithfield Foods Receives Best for Vets Employers Award for Second Consecutive Year | |
| 03.09.2020 | Smithfield Foods to Become Carbon Negative by 2030 | |
| 16.03.2020 | Seafood industry relationship with plant-based sector thawing | Jen Lamy, the Sustainable Seafood Initiative manager at the Good Food Institute (GFI), a nonprofit dedicated to the promotion plant-based and cellular alternatives to seafood, meat, dairy, and eggs, thinks there’s room enough for both her s... |
| 10.02.2020 | The Hampton Roads Tech Ecosystem at a Glance | This is part of our Inno on the Road Series, where we explore and showcase a neighboring ecosystem. Inno on the Road: Hampton Roads, which will feature a couple new stories a month and an event in May, is presented by BDO.
With a tangled we... |
| 23.04.2019 | Cultivian Sandbox Closes 3rd Fund on $135m with Bevy of Food & Ag Corporate LPs | Cultivian Sandbox Ventures, the most established agrifood tech venture capital firm, has raised $135 million in its third fund. Founded in 2008, the firm was the first to focus entirely on technology startups operating across the food and a... |
| 23.04.2019 | Cultivian Sandbox closes third fund on $135m with bevy of food & ag corporate LPs | Cultivian Sandbox Ventures has raised $135 million in its third fund. Founded in 2008, the firm was the first to focus entirely on technology startups operating across the food and agriculture value chain.
Investors in the fund include comm... |
| 24.01.2019 | Smithfield Foods Takes Major Step in Cloud Journey by Moving SAP Workloads to Virtustream Enterprise Cloud | Virtustream helps food giant achieve multi-cloud strategy to manage mission-critical applications, saving $3M in total IT costs
London, UK – 24th January 2019 - Virtustream, the enterprise-class cloud company and a Dell Technologies busines... |
| 05.04.2018 | Smithfield Partners with Agtech Startup to Convert Controversial Hog Waste Lagoons into Sustainable Fertilizer | Smithfeld Foods, the world’s largest pork processor and hog producer, is launching a partnership with Florida startup Anuvia Plant Nutrients to convert the hog manure created by the company’s farming operations into fertilizer.
Anuvia Plant... |
| 14.08.2017 | Smithfield Foods Announces $25 Million Investment in Chef’d | SMITHFIELD, Va. and EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced a strategic partnership with an investment of $25 million in Chef’d, a best-in-class e-commerce meal marketplace. Part of the ... |
| 25.08.2014 | July Roundup of Ag & AgTech Deals
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LAUNCHED CAMPAIGNS | We are excited to announce that we are partnering with Food+Tech Connect to launch a monthly AgTech Funding Roundup! We’ll be covering companies that are using technology to disrupt our agriculture and food system. Here’s our coverage for J... |
