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NAMES IN THE NEWS

Donnie King

Michelle Claravall

Tyson Foods Inc.
Springdale, Ark.-based Tyson Foods
Inc. has named Donnie King the
president of its poultry business,
effective immediately. King has most
recently served as group president and
chief administration officer, leading
food safety and quality assurance,
health and safety, continuous
improvement, engineering and supply
chain. His leadership team will include
Chad Martin who has been named the
new chief operating officer of poultry.

Deli Star Corp.
St. Louis-based Deli Star Corp.
appointed Michelle Claravall as the
company's director of research and
development. Claravall will lead Deli
Star's Culinary Innovation Team and
work directly with the company's food
scientists and culinary experts.

Panera Bread
Debbie Roberts has been named
executive vice president and chief
operations officer at Panera Bread, St.
Louis. Roberts joins Panera after three
decades at McDonald's Corp. 

Target Corp.
Minneapolis-based Target Corp.
has named Maurice Cooper as the
company's senior vice president of
marketing.

Stellar
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Stellar has
named Jason Moore as corporate
business developer for the Western

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Debbie Roberts

Maurice Cooper

United States. He will be based out of
Stellar's new Boulder, Colo., office.

House of Raeford
Rose Hill, NC-based House of Raeford
promoted Jeremy Paul to the role
of complex manager for its Arcadia,
La., operation effective Aug. 31. Paul
succeeds Mark Van Benthuysen who
is retiring after a 27-year career.

Marel; Treif
Marel, Gardabaer, Iceland, announced
an agreement to acquire Oberlahr,
Germany-based Treif Maschinenbau
GmbH. Marel will purchase Treif, all
share capital and all relevant business
entities, for 128 million euros ($151.4
million) plus 2.9 million Marel shares.
The closing is expected by the end of
the year following anti-trust approval.

Midan Marketing
Midan Marketing, Mooresville, NC,
a marketing agency serving the meat
industry, recently promoted Jessee
Leili-Jones and Hilary Mayclin the
company's senior management team.

Popeyes Louisiana
Kitchen
Toronto-based Restaurant Brands
International Inc. has named Sami
Siddiqui as president of Popeyes
Louisiana Kitchen for the Americas.
He replaces Felipe Athayde.

Kraft Heinz Co.
The Kraft Heinz Co., Chicago, has
expanded its US leadership team,

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Jason Moore

naming Cory Onell as president
of US sales, Sanjiv Gajiwala
as US chief growth officer and
Stephanie Peterson as head of US
communications.

USDA
The US Department of Agriculture
has named Spiro E. Stefanou as
administrator of the Economic
Research Service.
USDA also announced the
appointment of 10 new members to
the National Advisory Committee
on Meat and Poultry Inspection
(NACMPI) and an additional new
member to the National Advisory
Committee on Microbiological
Criteria for Foods (NACMCF). The
new NACMPI members appointed to
serve two-year terms are: Dr. Jimmy
L. Avery, Mississippi State University;
William H. Battle, Pride of the Pond
and Battle Fish North; Tina Conklin,
Michigan State University; Dr. Patricia
Ann Curtis, North Carolina State
University; Dr. Jennifer A. Eberly,
Maine Department of Agriculture,
Conservation and Forestry; Casey
Lynn Gallimore, North American
Meat Institute; Dr. Joseph Jay
Harris, Southwest Meat Association;
Dr. Curtis Lynn Knipe, Ohio State
University; Dr. Byron Williams,
Mississippi State University; and
Sherri L. Williams, JBS USA LLC.
Shannara Lynn, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration,
was appointed to NACMCF to serve a
two-year term.
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