Nuts and Nut Butters Manufacturing

Salmonella Outbreak
Peanut butter salmonella outbreak
Salmonella Outbreak
Salmonella Outbreak

Salmonella Recall Spreads Quickly to Other Products

Tainted spices and ingredients used in large number of food products. If you doubt how interconnected the food industry is, just look at what happens when a tainted ingredient enters the supply chain.
 

Diamond Foods raises $181.4M in follow-on offering

Diamond Foods raises $181.4 million in offering held to raise funds for buyout of Kettle Foods. Diamond Foods Inc., which sells Emerald nuts and Pop Secret popcorn, on Wednesday said it will net about $181.4 million in a secondary offering aimed at raising cash to fund an acquisition.
 

Folgers boosts J.M. Smucker 3rd-quarter profit

J.M. Smucker 3rd-quarter profit leaps on Folgers coffee strength. J.M. Smucker Co.'s third-quarter got a jolt from its Folgers coffee business, which helped the food maker nearly double its profit on strong sales.
 

Glance: J.M. Smucker 3rd quarter-results

Glance: A detailed look at J.M. Smucker Co.'s 3rd-quarter sales. J.M. Smucker Co. reported Wednesday that its third-quarter profit soared on strong sales in its coffee business. Here's a detailed look at the food maker's sales by category.
 

Correction: JM Smucker earnings preview

Correction: JM Smucker earnings preview. In a story Feb. 22 about J.M. Smucker's upcoming earnings report, The Associated Press misstated when the peanut butter and jelly maker will release results. The financials will be released Wednesday, not Tuesday.
 

J.M Smucker to report 3Q results Wednesday

Earnings Preview: Jelly maker J.M. Smucker to report fiscal 3rd-quarter results on Wednesday. J.M. Smucker, the maker of Jif peanut butter, Pillsbury frosting, Folgers coffee and its namesake jams and jellies, reports its fiscal third-quarter results before the stock market opens Tuesday.
 

Diamond Foods' Emerald brand boosts market share

Diamond Foods' Emerald nuts brand reaches 10 percent market share for first time. Diamond Foods Inc. said Thursday its Emerald nuts brand achieved a 10 percent market share in the four-week period that ended Nov. 28.
 

J.M. Smucker 2nd-quarter profit soars on coffee

J.M. Smucker 2nd-quarter profit nearly triples on Folgers acquisition, profit margins. J.M. Smucker Co. nearly tripled its profit in the second quarter as the addition of Folgers coffee gave a jolt to its lineup and lower commodity prices for coffee beans and other items fattened its profit margins.
 

Peanut products doing just fine after health scare

After salmonella scare, peanut butter sales hit the roof as consumers seek cost friendly meals. Go figure: Food makers processed more peanuts over the past year than nearly any other time on record despite a national salmonella outbreak blamed for killing nine people and scaring consumers away from peanut products for months.
 

Peanut products doing just fine after health scare

After salmonella scare, peanut butter sales hit the roof as consumers seek cost friendly meals. Go figure: Food makers processed more peanuts over the past year than nearly any other time on record despite a national salmonella outbreak blamed for killing nine people and scaring consumers away from peanut products for months.
 

Fund OKd for claims against Va. peanut company

A $12 million fund is being created for claims against Peanut Corp. of America, the processor at the center of a nationwide salmonella outbreak this year.
 

Fund OKd for claims against Va. peanut company

Fund OKd to pay claims against Virginia peanut processor at center of US salmonella outbreak. A $12 million fund is being created for claims against Peanut Corp. of America, the processor at the center of a nationwide salmonella outbreak this year.
 

J.M. Smucker fiscal 1Q earnings top expectations

J.M. Smucker's fiscal 1Q profit more than doubles, beats expectations on sales boost. J.M. Smucker Co. said Friday its fiscal first-quarter profit more than doubled and beat expectations, mostly because of increased sales from last year's acquisition of Folgers coffee.
 

Striving for safer food

House bill would give FDA more authority to prevent and react to bacterial outbreaks. Anyone who has ever had food poisoning knows how painful the experience can be. Even mild cases cause severe discomfort and more serious cases result in days of agony and sometimes death.
 

J.M. Smucker 4Q profit soars, tops view

J.M. Smucker 4Q profit more than doubles, beats view as Folgers continues to boost results. J.M. Smucker Co. said Thursday that its fiscal fourth-quarter profit more than doubled, continuing to benefit from last year's Folgers acquisition.
 

Smucker Raises Dividend After Taking Unfair Hit

In 2008, prepared-foods company J.M. Smucker (SJM) outperformed the market ? falling less than half as much as the NYSE composite.
 

Smucker Raises Dividend After Taking Unfair Hit

In 2008, prepared-foods company J.M. Smucker SJM outperformed the market -- falling less than half as much as the NYSE composite.
 

Ga. adopting strict new food testing rules

Ga. now requires food processors to report problems, following salmonella outbreak. In the wake of the salmonella outbreak, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has signed a bill that would make the state the first to require food makers to swiftly alert state inspectors if their internal tests show products are tainted.
 

Snack Maker Says Nuts To Recession, Pops Up Earnings Growth

While basketball fans were glued to their sets during March Madness, they got a taste of some food for thought.
 

Peanut Corporation Faces Damage Suits, Class Actions

Peanut Corp. advises customers not to use any products from its plants. Peanut Corporation of America, maker of tainted peanut butter that has shown up in an ever-growing number of food products, has now told customers who received products from its Georgia or Texas plants not to distribute or make any further use of those products.