Hormel Foods Corp. became the latest pork producer to reach a settlement regarding the ongoing allegations of a price-fixing conspiracy in the industry.
Walmart customers who purchased certain sold-by-weight meat, poultry, pork and seafood products as well as certain organic oranges, grapefruit, tangerines and navel oranges allegedly paid more than the lowest in-store advertised price for those products.
The first topic the trade association addressed was how it hoped that legislation to reverse Prop 12 would soon pass along with the scheduled Farm Bill.
There’s a growing number of hybrid concepts in today’s marketplace. These are products containing some animal meat along with plant-based proteins, whole grains, vegetables, etc.