Chun King was one of the earliest brands of mass-marketed Chinese food in the United States, offering convenient "exotic" dinners in a can. Beginning with chicken chow mein in 1947, Chun King later expanded its menu to include eggrolls...

ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) is one of North America's largest packaged foods companies. ConAgra's products are available in supermarkets, as well as restaurants and food service establishments. Its headquarters are located in Omaha,...

As a conglomerate of more than 30 brands, including Armour, Chef Boyardee, Hunt's and Orville Redebacher's, ConAgra Foods' Inc. has seen a great deal of change in the recent past, acquiring some companies while shutting down or consolidating others. "We're in the...

Five years into the new millennium, the American food processing industry remains tumultuous. Plant rationalization and downsizing continue. Major players still play draw poker with their portfolios. Information systems promise solutions to unclear questions. Strategies are often afterthoughts. So where is the industry...

When Krystina Brugh fell ill in January, her parents thought it was the stomach flu. They fed her crackers and her favorite sandwich, peanut butter and marshmallow fluff, to give her strength.She didn't get better. Soon, the 11-year-old couldn't even keep down water, and her...

Critics say ConAgra Foods Inc.'s delay in recalling pot pies linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak increased the chance that more people would become sick, opened up the company to greater liability, and exposed a key weakness in the nation's food safety system: voluntary recalls."It's...