Meat & Poultry

Texas Hill Country Barbecue, Inc., a provider of Smoked Meat products, announced today the appointment of Arvind Sharma as Executive Senior Vice President. …

Kayem Foods Inc., the Chelsea company known for its Fenway Franks, said it will use a $6.5 million bond issued by MassDevelopment to purchase new equipment and create 20 jobs in Chelsea. …

Bill Rupp, 50, was named president of the division effective Monday, said Chandler Keys, spokesman for the Greeley-based company. He succeeds Richard Vesta, who was named president in March of last year when JBS USA bought the Smithfield Beef Group. …

When I think of indulging in a great steak served up with a cold beer, it immediately evokes images from of one of my favorite movies “The Road to Wellville” (1994) with Anthony Hopkins playing the eccentric Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, inventor of the cornflake and proponent of clean colons at his famous turn-of-the-century health sanitarium in Battle Creek, Mich. Dr. Kellogg did not believe in consuming meat and expected his wealthy guests/patients at his health spa to abide by the same menu rules. …

Meat prices are poised to extend a 14 percent rally this year that drove U.S. retail costs to the highest levels since the 1980s as surging corn futures prevent livestock producers from expanding their herds. …