The man in the logo on the Chef Boyardee cans was a real person. Before getting into canned food, he worked in many ...

MILTON — A Pennsylvania plant that has made Chef Boyardee products since 1938 will be sold as part of a $600 million deal under which Brynwood Partners’ Hometown Food Company will acquire the Chef ...

A Connecticut private equity firm is buying Chef Boyardee, a staple in American cupboards for decades with canned pasta that more recently has expanded into the freezer aisle with microwave meals.

Unlike the friendly but fictional food faces of Betty Crocker, Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben, Chef Boyardee — that jovial, mustachioed Italian chef — is real. Ettore "Hector" Boiardi (that's how the ...

Let’s avoid the usual harsh commentary regarding canned meals and substitute, say, “moist” for “barely recognizable as a foodstuff, much less as pasta.” And how about “seasoning” in place of “past-its ...

Conagra Brands office building in Omaha, Nebraska. Credit: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com. Conagra Brands is set to divest its legacy Chef Boyardee shelf-stable pasta business to Hometown Food Company ...