Mississippi Business Journal » processing http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Sun, 19 May 2013 19:38:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Meat-slicing facility laying off 100 workers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/16/meat-slicing-facility-laying-off-100-workers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meat-slicing-facility-laying-off-100-workers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/16/meat-slicing-facility-laying-off-100-workers/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 14:35:20 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74846 BOONEVILLE — Plumrose USA has laid off 100 workers at its meat slicing plant in Booneville, Miss. COO Mike Rozzano tells the Daily Corinthian workers were notified last Friday. Rozzano says the plant now has about 320 workers. He says business dictated that Plumrose didn’t need as many people in the plant. Plumrose slices beef, [...]

The post Meat-slicing facility laying off 100 workers appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/16/meat-slicing-facility-laying-off-100-workers/feed/ 0 OSHA finds 43 violations following fatality at poultry company http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/12/osha-finds-43-violations-following-fatality-at-poultry-company/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=osha-finds-43-violations-following-fatality-at-poultry-company http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/12/osha-finds-43-violations-following-fatality-at-poultry-company/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:32:25 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=71152 MOSELLE — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Southern Hens Inc. with 43 safety and health violations following the death of a worker who slipped and fell into an unguarded screw conveyor while cleaning the conveyor at the company’s Moselle facility. OSHA initiated the inspection Sept. 9, 2012, in [...]

The post OSHA finds 43 violations following fatality at poultry company appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/12/osha-finds-43-violations-following-fatality-at-poultry-company/feed/ 0 Choctaws to open produce packing/processing plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/16/choctaws-to-open-produce-packingprocessing-plant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=choctaws-to-open-produce-packingprocessing-plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/16/choctaws-to-open-produce-packingprocessing-plant/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:19:54 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=63912 CARTHAGE — The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has been awarded a $900,000 grant from the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) to help establish a fresh produce and packing business at the former Patriot Ford facility in Carthage. MBCI says the grant will be utilized over a three-year period to renovate the Patriot Ford facility [...]

The post Choctaws to open produce packing/processing plant appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/16/choctaws-to-open-produce-packingprocessing-plant/feed/ 0 Brothers have no plans to reopen historic plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/15/brothers-have-no-plans-to-reopen-historic-plant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brothers-have-no-plans-to-reopen-historic-plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/15/brothers-have-no-plans-to-reopen-historic-plant/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:20:25 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=63854 PASCAGOULA — The brothers who own the Pascagoula Ice and Freezer Co. say they have no plans to reopen the site, which burned in February. The Sun Herald reports the business is owned by three brothers, Andre, Warren and David Gautier. Andre Gautier moved the shrimp-processing segment to Mobile, Ala. Warren Gautier retired, and David [...]

The post Brothers have no plans to reopen historic plant appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/15/brothers-have-no-plans-to-reopen-historic-plant/feed/ 0 Sanderson Farms building plant in North Carolina http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/30/sanderson-farms-building-plant-in-north-carolina/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sanderson-farms-building-plant-in-north-carolina http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/30/sanderson-farms-building-plant-in-north-carolina/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:45:33 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=62010 LAUREL — A Mississippi poultry processor has selected a site in Nash County, N.C., for a new chicken plant. Sanderson Farms says no decision has been made on when to start work on the plant near Interstate 95 and N.C. 97 southwest of Rocky Mount, N.C. Chairman and CEO Joe F. Sanderson Jr. says the [...]

The post Sanderson Farms building plant in North Carolina appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/30/sanderson-farms-building-plant-in-north-carolina/feed/ 0 Cal-Maine Foods buying facilities in Texas from Pilgrim’s Pride http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/19/cal-maine-foods-buying-facilities-in-texas-from-pilgrims-pride/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cal-maine-foods-buying-facilities-in-texas-from-pilgrims-pride http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/19/cal-maine-foods-buying-facilities-in-texas-from-pilgrims-pride/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:28:07 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=59868 JACKSON — Cal-Maine Foods Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire the commercial egg operations of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation. Terms were not disclosed. The assets to be purchased by Cal-Maine include two production complexes with capacity for approximately 1.4 million laying hens and adjacent land located near Pittsburg, Texas. The company expects to close the [...]

The post Cal-Maine Foods buying facilities in Texas from Pilgrim’s Pride appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/19/cal-maine-foods-buying-facilities-in-texas-from-pilgrims-pride/feed/ 0