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Expensive avocados ding Hormel's bottom line, bacon buoys sales
Refrigerated food sales offset the decline also exacerbated by African swine fever, trade.
Sun Country announces MSP winter flights to Sarasota, Bahamas
Routes to Sarasota and Bahamas part of airline's strategy of more destinations, less frequency.
Del Monte will close 89-year-old Minn. plant, lay off all workers
The California-based fruit and vegetable packaged food company will shut down the plant in Sleepy Eye in October.
Two big exits at General Mills: CFO Mulligan to retire, Blue Buffalo's Bishop steps back
Kofi Bruce, a finance exec with a 10-year record at the firm, was named the company's next CFO.
Rodney Ebersviller, wounded and captured in WWII, dies at age 94
Once deployed, it didn't take long for Ebersviller to see combat.
Environmental group drops criticism of General Mills
It came after the company acknowledged pesticides are a problem in food supplies and outlined steps to reduce their use.
Minnesota's Compass Airlines loses deal as a Delta regional carrier
The company declined to say how it intends to make up the revenue loss or how the contract loss could affect employees.
From Minnesota to Africa, local nonprofit connects food experts worlds apart
Minnesota-based Partners in Food Solutions connects U.S. food experts with smaller African companies looking for new ways to feed large populations.
One of Cargill's most visible leaders has left the ag giant
Devry Boughner Vorwerk shaped the ag giant's public image and directed government lobbying.
Blue Buffalo's hard-charging boss gets used to life at General Mills
Billy Bishop helped get Blue Buffalo off the ground; General Mills is taking the next step.