ConAgra

Fears of economic hardship in the beef industry grew when a Tyson Foods Inc. processing plant just outside of Holcomb, Kansas, burst into flames on the evening of Aug. 9. read more >

ConAgra is spinning off its frozen potatoes business in an ongoing effort to intensify its focus on key name brand foods. read more >

ConAgra Foods Inc. plans to sell its faltering business that makes store-brand packaged food just two years after spending $5 billion to beef it up by buying the private-label foodmaker Ralcorp. read more >

ConAgra Foods has agreed to pay $11.2 million in criminal fines and forfeitures to settle a charge that the company shipped salmonella-tainted Peter Pan peanut butter from its Georgia plant more than eight years ago. read more >

OMP has established itself as a leader in a niche market, namely antibiotic-free chicken that isn’t raised in cages or fed animal byproducts. read more >

The soon-to-be-closed ConAgra Foods plant in Batesville is to be purchased by Ozark Mountain Poultry. read more >

An Independence County economic development official says ConAgra Foods is expected to add 50 jobs at its plant in Batesville. read more >

ConAgra Foods breaks ground on a $100 million expansion to a plant in Russellville where it plans to add 80 new jobs. read more >

As a federal lawsuit against ConAgra Foods' Russellville plant gets started, 768 current and former hourly employees of the food manufacturer have decided to participate. read more >

ConAgra Foods is set to become the nation's biggest maker of store-brand foods, with a $5 billion purchase of Ralcorp that expands its stake in the growing market for cereals, crackers and other packaged foods sold under private labels. read more >