U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) announced recently the promotion of Barbara Jenkins to vice president of education programs. 

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The flame-grilled chicken chain El Pollo Loco is moving to upgrade its image and spice up its menu after significant losses in each of the last three years. 

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Intended U.S. placements of broiler pullet chicks for the hatchery supply flock for April 2011 were 6,904,000, a 1-percent increase from the 6,825,000 pullet chicks placed in April 2010, according to the “Chickens and Eggs” report issued this week by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

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U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 28 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 165,251,000 broilers, a 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier. 

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