Articles > Government magazines > Energy, Government, and Defense magazines > The Food Institute Report articles > April 2003

Article: SEC requests information about U.S. foodservice from major food makers ...(Brief Article)

Article from:
The Food Institute Report
Article date:
April 7, 2003
Copyright

At least six major food companies have been asked by Federal investigators for documents and other information about their dealings with U.S. Foodservice Inc. Officials at Kraft Foods Inc., H.J. Heinz Co., General Mills Inc., Sara Lee Corp., ConAgra Foods Inc. and Tyson Foods Inc. all confirmed they had been contacted in the past week by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office or both, reported The Washington Post (Apr. 4).

Some of the nation's largest restaurant companies are closely monitoring the accounting investigation at U.S. Foodservice Inc. Applebee's International Inc. is looking at contingency plans, and several ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: Chefs spotlight global food trends: chefs from all over the world ...
Prepared Foods;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Tyson, Kraft, Pepsi, Nestle, and ConAgra: these are some of the world's largest food companies, whose combined annual sales easily exceed US$100 billion dollars. That is billion with a capital "B". Each of these giants, in turn, spends millions of dollars on market research and trend forecasting.

Article: National Restaurant Association, Food Marketing Institute Join ...
PR Newswire;  January 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... seafood products. "The nation's 870,000 restaurants and foodservice outlets provide a wide variety of foods to Americans, including ... that all segments of the seafood industry, along with the major food trade associations such as the National Restaurant Association ...

Article: Making the leap to retail: foodservice operators fund ...
Stagnito's New Products Magazine;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... is the packaging, which at the foodservice level doesn't have to carry as ... preparation directions are rare in foodservice. While it's common for most major food companies to have both foodservice and retail divisions, it's not ...

Article: Nascent Foodservice Exhibits at the Trade Show ABASTUR in ...
PR Newswire;  October 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... the annual National ABASTUR Foodservice Trade Show October 3rd through ... ABASTUR is the largest foodservice trade show in Mexico with ... CEO of Nascent. Nascent Foodservice attends every major food and beverage trade show in ...

Article: Lincoln Foodservice Products announces fourth-quarter, ...
PR Newswire;  February 15, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... last year. "International foodservice equipment sales are well ... product introductions and foodservice technology innovations will ... our close partnerships with major food chains, our technology rights ... concluded Bell. Lincoln Foodservice Products, Inc. designs ...

Article: Ahold Ousts CEO at U.S. Foodservice; Subsidiary of Dutch ...
The Washington Post;  May 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... biggest problem was at U.S. Foodservice. The company said two of ... three years. The two U.S. Foodservice employees, Mark Kaiser and ... became at least the eighth major food supplier to acknowledge that ... in connection with U.S. Foodservice. Ruiter said today that ...

Article: Foodservice market. (Annual Forecast 1989)
Restaurants & Institutions;  January 9, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... for PepsiCo and Pillsbury foodservice ($12.5 billion), C ... reflect the complexity of the foodservice market. Full service comprises ... financial community. A number of major food and foodservice companies were involved in ...

Article: At Least Six Firms Probed for Dealings With U.S. ...
The Washington Post;  April 4, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... investigators have asked at least six major food companies for documents and ... their dealings with U.S. Foodservice Inc., the Columbia company ... rebates and inflate U.S. Foodservice's earnings, sources said ... seen letters from U.S. Foodservice's now-suspended chief ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives