Meat & Poultry

Chicken wing prices will rise at least 2 percent before the Super Bowl next month and demand will hold steady after the U.S. football season ends, Koch Foods Inc. Chief Executive Officer Joe Grendys said. …

Zacky Farms, LLC announced that it conducted a Chapter 11 auction for substantially all of its assets and that The Robert D. Zacky and Lillian D. Zacky Family Trust (the “Trust”) was the successful bidder. As part of the transaction, the Trust will retain substantially all of the Zacky employees. The auction results were announced at a hearing of the Bankruptcy Court on January 18, 2013. …

U.S. live cattle futures sank to multi-month lows on Friday as investors continued to digest Thursday's news that Cargill Inc. plans to close a Texas beef packing plant on Feb. 1, traders and analysts said. …

The popularity of Texas-based Kiolbassa brand sausage — said to inspire the passion in people to share food, moments and memories — now reaches into southern states including the U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico through Costco discount club stores, the company announced recently. …

Gerber Poultry Inc., a family-owned producer and processor of all-natural and antibiotic-free chicken products, partners with Interstate Container to convert 100% of operations entirely to Greencoat® recyclable packaging. …