Mississippi Business Journal » processor http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/12/osha-finds-43-violations-following-fatality-at-poultry-company/feed/ 0 Poultry company new title sponsor of PGA tournament http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/12/poultry-company-new-title-sponsor-of-pga-tournament/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poultry-company-new-title-sponsor-of-pga-tournament http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/12/poultry-company-new-title-sponsor-of-pga-tournament/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:08:39 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=71122 LAUREL and MADISON — Sanderson Farms Inc. is the new title sponsor of the PGA tournament held annually at Annandale Golf Club in Madison. Mississippi’s only PGA event will now be known as the Sanderson Farms Championship. The Laurel-based poultry company is holding a news conference today at 10 a.m. at the Blair E. Batson [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/12/poultry-company-new-title-sponsor-of-pga-tournament/feed/ 0 Sanderson Farms sees sales rise, but posts loss http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/22/sanderson-farms-sees-sales-rise-but-posts-loss/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sanderson-farms-sees-sales-rise-but-posts-loss http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/22/sanderson-farms-sees-sales-rise-but-posts-loss/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:23:52 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=70141 LAUREL — Sanderson Farms Inc. reports net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2013 were $595.8 million, compared with $517.8 million for the same period a year ago. For the quarter, the poultry company had a net loss of $6.9 million, or $0.31 per share, compared with a net loss of $8.0 million, or $0.36 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/22/sanderson-farms-sees-sales-rise-but-posts-loss/feed/ 0 Despite ‘challenging’ year, Sanderson sets new sales record http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/18/despite-challenging-year-sanderson-sets-new-sales-record/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=despite-challenging-year-sanderson-sets-new-sales-record http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/18/despite-challenging-year-sanderson-sets-new-sales-record/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:57:48 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=67036 LAUREL — Sanderson Farms Inc. saw net sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 of $648.4 million, compared with $559.8 million for the same period a year ago. For the quarter, the poultry company reported net income of $9.3 million, or $0.41 per share, compared with a net loss of $21.6 million, or $0.97 per [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/18/despite-challenging-year-sanderson-sets-new-sales-record/feed/ 0 Association: Shrimp processors still face oil spill dilemma http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/30/association-shrimp-processors-still-face-oil-spill-dilemma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=association-shrimp-processors-still-face-oil-spill-dilemma http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/30/association-shrimp-processors-still-face-oil-spill-dilemma/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:03:21 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=64561 GULF OF MEXICO — With looming legal deadlines related to the 2010 BP oil spill, dozens of shrimp processors along the Gulf Coast face a difficult dilemma, with either decision having the potential to jeopardize the future of their businesses and the region’s seafood industry, according to a leading trade association. All pending claims for [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/30/association-shrimp-processors-still-face-oil-spill-dilemma/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 [...]

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]]> 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 [...]

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]]> 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 [...]

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