Grocery suppliers try hand at selling
As online sales rise, food companies are testing the waters of "direct-to-consumer" sales models that cut retailers from the equation.
As online sales rise, food companies are testing the waters of "direct-to-consumer" sales models that cut retailers from the equation.
ROGERS -- Pel-Freez, a Rogers rabbit meat processor and supplier of biomedical products, is shaking things up.
Tyson Foods Inc. is donating more than 1 million meals, ice and other supplies to storm victims in the Gulf region.
Chattanooga-based CBL Properties, owner of Little Rock's Park Plaza, recently entered a restructuring agreement with a group of lenders to strengthen its balan…
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. recently made a delivery using an all-electric, heavy truck as part of its sustainability efforts.
Uniti Group Inc. on Monday reported a second-quarter loss of $588.2 million as one of its largest customers emerges from bankruptcy.
Joseph Vitiritto, 49, will be P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc.'s new president and chief executive officer, effective Aug. 18.
An advocate for the state's poultry industry workers posted a video on social media this week to share complaints about the deaths of workers who were employed…
Meat companies are asking judges to dismiss complaints that allege they are responsible for worker deaths related to covid-19.
Tyson Foods Inc. on Monday announced its next chief executive as it detailed the challenges of a pandemic that is driving up costs.
A Springdale turkey processing plant reported an ammonia leak Thursday. No one was injured, officials said.
Tyson Foods Inc. plans to test thousands of workers for covid-19 under an expanded effort to combat the virus and keep its processing plants running.
ArcBest Corp. on Wednesday reported a second quarter net profit of $15.9 million.
Labor unions on Tuesday sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture to end a waiver program that allows poultry-processing plants to increase their line speeds dur…
USA Truck Inc. on Monday reported a net loss of $931,000 during its second quarter, its fourth consecutive quarterly loss.
P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. on Wednesday reported a second quarter loss of $823,000, its third-consecutive quarterly profit loss.
Cooks Venture, a producer of slow-growth heirloom chickens in Northwest Arkansas and Oklahoma, recently closed on a $10 million round of funding.
Market disruptions that have recently driven cattle pricing spreads to record levels are connected to two events: The coronavirus pandemic and a fire that temp…
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. on Thursday reported a second quarter profit of $121.7 million, down 9% from a year ago.
Employees for an egg supplier for Walmart abused chickens at an Ohio farm, an animal-welfare group reported Wednesday.
Arkansas Life, a quarterly lifestyle and culture magazine published by WEHCO Media, owner of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, has halted publication, c…
Arkansas Life, a quarterly lifestyle and culture magazine published by WEHCO Media Inc., owner of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, has halted publication, citing…
Arkansas Life, a lifestyle and culture magazine depicting the nuances of the state, has closed, the publication said Monday on social media.
Two of the nation's largest meat companies are targeted in a racial discrimination complaint filed this week with the U.S. Department of Agriculture by a group…
Two workers were injured Thursday morning in an explosion and fire at a Tyson Foods plant in Nashville.
A Prairie Grove nail manufacturer has paid nearly $112,000 in back wages to hundreds of employees for mishandling their time cards, a federal investigation sho…
Tyson Foods Inc. is drawing criticism from more than 120 advocacy groups that want to see improved safety measures for processing-plant workers during the pand…
At least two people died in hit-and-run accidents last weekend.
An Arkansas-based chicken processing company must pay more than $28,000 for repeatedly refusing to produce information to plaintiffs who sued the company over …
At least two people died in hit-and-run accidents over the weekend.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Arkansas will end fiscal year 2020 with $360 million more than expected and revised the revenue forecast to $5.6 billion, allowing the…
A Little Rock woman who shot last week has died from her injuries, police said Monday.
A 56-year-old Stuttgart man died in a hit-and-run over the weekend, police said.
A body was found late Sunday in the Little Rock home of a man who was fatally shot by an Arkansas State Police trooper over the weekend, authorities said.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture failed to evaluate the accuracy of worker-safety data it used to support a new hog inspection system that allows processing …
A colossal Saharan dust cloud is blanketing the Caribbean and creeping toward the U.S. It should be visible in Arkansas by the end of the week, a meteorologist…
A Jonesboro police officer and another man died in a two-vehicle crash Sunday night in Lawrence County, authorities said. The officer's wife was critically inj…
FAYETTEVILLE -- A collosal Saharan dust cloud is blanketing the Caribbean and creeping toward the U.S. It should be visible in Arkansas by the end of the week,…
Tyson Foods Inc. said Friday that more than 13% of its workers in Northwest Arkansas have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and state health officials will provide an update from Hot Springs on Arkansas' covid-19 response at 1:30 p.m.As Arkansas begins phase 2 of…
The number of poultry workers infected with the coronavirus is on the rise in Arkansas.
A Lowell contractor plans to lay off 250 workers as one of its largest deals dries up because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The number of positive coronavirus cases has risen by 340 in the past 24 hours, bringing the state's caseload "over the 10,000 mark," Gov. Asa Hutchinson said …
Cattle ranchers have been put through the wringer this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Tyson Foods Inc., the largest U.S. meat processor, reverted to a policy this week that penalizes absentee workers, with an exception for those with coronavirus…
The number of community-spread coronavirus cases confirmed in Arkansas has increased by 374, a new single-day record for the state, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tu…
Four people died over the weekend in separate crashes in Arkansas, including a construction worker struck by a vehicle on Interstate 555, Arkansas State Police…
A caravan of protesters rallied in front of chicken processing plants in Northwest Arkansas on Friday after a spike in covid-19 cases linked to the industry wa…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's move to purchase some $3 billion in fresh produce, dairy and meat products for Americans is being questioned after lucrati…
Tyson Foods Inc. is temporarily closing a poultry plant in North Carolina for deep cleaning amid the coronavirus pandemic.