Huntington gives away 20M pens

Huntington gives away 20M pens

COLUMBUS

Huntington Bank has given away more than 20 million pens throughout the Midwest and in other countries in the past four years as part of an initiative to break away from standardized practice of having pens attached to counters.

Customers are encouraged to take pens at any of the 700 branches.

The bank issues more than 600,000 pens a month to each location.

Huntington will continue to distribute the pens with the goal of a 34 million pen milestone — or a pen for each household in the markets it serves.

Winkle Electric marks 70 years

YOUNGSTOWN

Winkle Electric Co. Inc., based in Youngstown, is celebrating 70 years in business.

The electrical-parts provider supplies parts while helping customers in automation-process development, developing environmentally friendly energy alternatives, creating custom control panels and leveraging the company’s “integrated solutions” to better serve customers.

The company, founded in 1944, has locations in Erie, Meadville and Seneca, Pa.

Winkle is listed in the industry publication Electrical Wholesaling among the top 200 distributors in the nation.

Kiwanis speaker

CANFIELD

The Kiwanis Club of Western Mahoning County meets at 6 p.m. each Wednesday at A La Cart Catering on 429 Lisbon St., Canfield.

Next Wednesday, the speaker will be Gloria Tritten, of the Business Journal, a field of view columnist.

Tyson makes bid for Hillshire Brands

NEW YORK

Hillshire Brands is at the center of a barnyard brawl.

Tyson Foods, the largest U.S. meat processor, made a $6.2 billion offer Thursday for the maker of Jimmy Dean sausages and Ball Park hot dogs, topping a bid made two days earlier by rival poultry producer Pilgrim’s Pride. Based in Greeley, Colo., Pilgrim’s Pride is owned by Brazilian meat giant JBS.

The takeover bids for Hillshire by the two major meat processors are being driven by the desirability of brand-name processed products such as Jimmy Dean breakfast sandwiches. The convenience foods are more profitable than fresh meat, such as chicken breasts, where there isn’t as much wiggle room to pad prices.

City votes to end hot-sauce dispute

IRWINDALE, Calif.

The fiery fight apparently is over between the makers of a popular hot sauce and a small Southern California city that said its factory’s smells were unbearable.

The Irwindale City Council voted Wednesday night to drop a public-nuisance declaration and lawsuit against Huy Fong Foods, makers of Sriracha hot sauce. The dual moves brought an effective end to the spicy-air dispute that had Sriracha devotees worried about future sauce shortages and had suitors including the state of Texas offering Huy Fong a friendlier home.

Vindicator staff/wire reports