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Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. reported a
sharp decrease in second-quarter
pro;ts. The company was hurt by
production cuts made last year, lower
prices for some export items and restructuring costs, ending with $1.71
billion in revenue in contrast to last
year’s $1.78 billion.
Stellar has hired Steven
Hawkins as director of
automation services. He
will also handle design
development and will be responsible
for site inspections and oversight.
Sara Lee CEO Brenda Barnes has
resigned due to health problems. Both
internal and external replacements
are being considered to ;ll the vacant post. Whoever replaces Barnes
will be tasked with completing the
restructuring she started when she
became CEO ;ve years ago.
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Co-founder of Big Dutchman Richard “Dick”
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at the age of 96. DeWitt
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retired from day-to-day business.
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Hy-Line International has named
Dinabandhu (Dina) Joardar regional director for Southeast Asia and the
Paci;c Rim. Joardar most recently
worked as the area poultry technical manager for a U.S. multinational
company in health and nutrition.
Bob Cron has announced his retirement from Lubing Systems L.P.
Cron served nearly 17 years as regional sales manager covering the
Midwest region and eastern Canada.
He now operates Cron Contracting,
which specializes in sales and installation of poultry equipment. ■
