date:Jun 10, 2014
for Hillshire, which also sells Ball Park hot dogs, Jimmy Dean frozen breakfast sandwiches and Aidells artisan sausages, underscores how urgently large commodity meat companies want to gobble up popular, and more profitable, brands.
We want to buy this business for what it can become, not just for what it is now. Great brands like Hillshire, Jimmy Dean and Ball Park just don't come available very often, Tyson Chief Executive Donnie Smith said on a conference call with reporters.
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