Frozen Foods

THOMASVILLE, Ga. - Packaged bakery foods company Flowers Foods Inc. on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $9.9 million, or 33 cents a share, while announcing plans to sell its Mrs. Smith's Frozen Dessert business less than a year after the company started restructuring, according to Dow Jones newswire.

SAN DIEGO and SUNBURY, Pa. - Two supermarket chains, Safeway and Weis Markets, recently signed on with SureBeam Corp. to offer consumers in several Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states irradiated fresh ground beef.

SPRINGDALE, Ark. - Tyson Foods Inc., the world's largest processor and marketer of chicken, beef and pork, on Tuesday announced the launch of a $100 million fully integrated marketing campaign to extend its position in the protein industry.

PITTSBURGH - The H. J. Heinz Company on Tuesday announced plans to make a number of changes in its U.S. business structure as part of the company's transformation of its North America operations following the recently completed transaction with Del Monte.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - Time-pressured consumers are making convenience-oriented food and cleaning items some of the fastest-growing consumer packaged goods (CPG) products on the market, according to the most recent ACNielsen Consumer Pre*View survey of consumer attitudes and behaviors.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - ACNielsen U.S., an operating unit of ACNielsen, a VNU company, on Monday announced that it has been named Mrs. Smith's Bakeries' new provider of syndicated sales information and consumer insights.

WASHINGTON - ConAgra Foods Poultry Group of Elberton, Ga. has recalled about 36,000 pounds of fully cooked, frozen chicken products that may be contaminated with plastic, the Department of Agriculture announced Thursday.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. - Hain Celestial Group Inc., the maker of natural foods such as Terra Chips vegetable snacks, said on Monday it has acquired privately held non-dairy beverage company Imagine Foods Inc.