by - November 3, 2015 4:47 pm
J.M. Smucker, a longtime Wal-Mart supplier, announced plans to divest its canned milk operations to the Eagle Family Foods Group, owned by private equity firm Kelso & Company. The transaction…
by - November 3, 2015 4:47 pm
J.M. Smucker, a longtime Wal-Mart supplier, announced plans to divest its canned milk operations to the Eagle Family Foods Group, owned by private equity firm Kelso & Company. The transaction…
by - November 3, 2015 6:42 am
ConAgra and TreeHouse Foods just inked a $2.7 billion deal that will give TreeHouse most of ConAgra’s private brand business which it acquired from Ralcorp back in 2013. The two companies…
by - November 3, 2015 6:42 am
ConAgra and TreeHouse Foods just inked a $2.7 billion deal that will give TreeHouse most of ConAgra’s private brand business which it acquired from Ralcorp back in 2013. The two companies…
by - October 28, 2015 12:24 pm
Editor’s note: The Supply Side section of Talk Business & Politics focuses on the companies, organizations, issues and individuals engaged in providing products and services to retailers. The Supply Side…
by - October 27, 2015 2:43 pm
Editor’s note: The Supply Side section of Talk Business & Politics focuses on the companies, organizations, issues and individuals engaged in providing products and services to retailers. The Supply Side…
by - October 26, 2015 3:18 pm
Editor’s note: The Supply Side section of Talk Business & Politics focuses on the companies, organizations, issues and individuals engaged in providing products and services to retailers. The Supply Side…
by - October 19, 2015 12:18 pm
• ConAgra corporate layoffs begin ConAgra Foods recently began the first wave of layoffs that will impact roughly 1,000 of its employees among its corporate ranks. The company unveiled more…
by - October 15, 2015 6:15 pm
Tyson Foods is deploying its 53-foot mobile kitchen and with help from Sam’s Club plans to set up a major feeding center in Columbia, S.C., for the flood victims in…
by - October 12, 2015 11:00 am
There is potentially a $7 billion reason execs with Wal-Mart are leaning on their 10,000 suppliers with tighter price negotiations and payment terms tied to sale rates. Wal-Mart began in…
by - October 2, 2015 1:02 pm
One of Wal-Mart Stores’s largest suppliers ConAgra Foods announced a major restructuring underway at this time. CEO Sean Connolly said Friday that the company will lay-off 1,500 office-based employees around…
by - September 30, 2015 4:17 pm
Jesse Core has been on the fast track with his Springdale-based Core Brewery & Distillery. He took the beer-making hobby seriously and has turned it into a thriving business over…
by - September 24, 2015 12:50 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is hoping to cash in on the devaluation of the Chinese currency in recent weeks, and according to Reuters is now asking many suppliers in…
by - September 16, 2015 4:20 pm
Ralph Scozzafava has been promoted to chief operating officer of dairy giant Dean Foods effective Oct. 1. In this new role he will continue to oversee the commercial functions of…
by - September 10, 2015 7:43 pm
It’s been nearly three months since retail giant Wal-Mart Stores began sending out modified supplier contracts requesting warehousing fees or shared supply-chain costs and extended payment terms on items that…
by - September 3, 2015 12:29 pm
Longtime Wal-Mart Stores supplier Ranir recently made a $3 million investment to expand its manufacturing facility in Grand Rapids, Mich. The expansion will allow the company to make an additional…
by - September 3, 2015 12:12 pm
General Mills announced plans to sell its Green Giant and Le Sueur brands of canned and frozen vegetables to B&G Foods for an estimated $765 million in cash. The deal…
by - September 2, 2015 1:06 pm
Plano, Texas-based Anderson Merchandisers, a retail-services agency, recently hung a new shingle in Bentonville within close proximity of Wal-Mart Stores and its suppliers, according to company officials. The third party…
by - August 26, 2015 1:19 pm
The number Northwest Arkansas supplier community jobs has grown in recent years along with Wal-Mart Stores growth. This expansion led a shortage of talent and competition for talent which keeps…
by - August 20, 2015 6:34 pm
Ongoing operational changes at Wal-Mart could mean more costs for suppliers on top of recently added charges related to the retailer’s efforts to amend its vendor contracts. Walmart U.S. CEO…
