Mississippi Business Journal » Middleby Corp. http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 State ad agencies tackle changing marketplace with innovative strategies http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/26/state-ad-agencies-tackle-changing-marketplace-with-innovative-strategies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-ad-agencies-tackle-changing-marketplace-with-innovative-strategies http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/26/state-ad-agencies-tackle-changing-marketplace-with-innovative-strategies/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:02:43 +0000 Becky Gillette http://msbusiness.com/?p=73942 Recently when Viking Range Corp. was bought by a much larger company, Middleby Corp., marketing campaigns that had been handled by the Ramey Agency were suspended. That type of merger of a Mississippi-based company with a larger company based in another state is a long-established trend that can lead to loss of work for advertising [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/26/state-ad-agencies-tackle-changing-marketplace-with-innovative-strategies/feed/ 0 Former CEO Fred Carl told Viking employees in emails to expect few changes http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/08/in-email-former-ceo%e2%80%88fred-carl-told-viking-employees-to-expect-few-changes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-email-former-ceo%25e2%2580%2588fred-carl-told-viking-employees-to-expect-few-changes http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/08/in-email-former-ceo%e2%80%88fred-carl-told-viking-employees-to-expect-few-changes/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 04:48:53 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=69367 Viking Range Corp. founder and former CEO Fred Carl Jr. broke the news of the company’s sale to Middleby Corp. to his employees in an email sent on the afternoon of New Year’s Eve. In the email, obtained by the Mississippi Business Journal, Carl says that Viking is in good hands, that the sale will [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/08/in-email-former-ceo%e2%80%88fred-carl-told-viking-employees-to-expect-few-changes/feed/ 0 Middleby CEO: Viking staying in Greenwood is ‘not negotiable’ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/08/bassoul-viking-staying-in-greenwood-is-not-negotiable/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bassoul-viking-staying-in-greenwood-is-not-negotiable http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/08/bassoul-viking-staying-in-greenwood-is-not-negotiable/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:15:04 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=69393 Viking Range Corp. will focus on what made the company successful in the first place — building high-end kitchen appliances in Greenwood. That was the primary message Middleby Corp. CEO Selim Bassoul laid out during a press conference one day after 20 percent of Viking’s workforce was terminated. Of the layoffs, half were in Greenwood. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/08/bassoul-viking-staying-in-greenwood-is-not-negotiable/feed/ 1 February 8, 2013- Chuck McIntosh http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/08/february-8-2013-chuck-mcintosh/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=february-8-2013-chuck-mcintosh http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/08/february-8-2013-chuck-mcintosh/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:40:31 +0000 Chuck McIntosh http://msbusiness.com/?p=69602

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/08/february-8-2013-chuck-mcintosh/feed/ 0 Read February 8 issue of MBJ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/08/read-february-8-issue-of-mbj/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=read-february-8-issue-of-mbj http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/08/read-february-8-issue-of-mbj/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:06:29 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=69540 >> C SPIRE TURNS 25 From bag phones to 4G, C Spire leading the wireless way — by Stephen McDill Also in this week’s paper: >> VIKING RANGE Life goes on after massive layoffs, Middleby CEO wants Greenwood to keep it— by Clay Chandler >> MBJ ANALYSIS Businessman with unfinished Mississippi projects now promising $1B [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/08/read-february-8-issue-of-mbj/feed/ 0 CEO Fred Carl resigns as Viking empire crumbles http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/31/middleby-cuts-20-percent-of-vikings-workforce-half-of-those-in-greenwood/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=middleby-cuts-20-percent-of-vikings-workforce-half-of-those-in-greenwood http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/31/middleby-cuts-20-percent-of-vikings-workforce-half-of-those-in-greenwood/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:36:23 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=68919 Viking CEO Fred Carl has resigned from the company he built as Middleby Corp. confirmed Thursday afternoon that it had laid off earlier in the day 20 percent of Viking Range’s 700 employees. Middleby spokesperson Darcy Bretz said in an email to the Mississippi Business Journal that the cuts were made “across the Viking enterprise.” She [...]

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