Butterball

Butterball is a brand of turkey and other poultry products produced by Butterball LLC. The company manufactures food products in the United States and internationally — specializing in turkey, cured deli meats, raw roasts and specialty products such as soups and salads, sandwiches, and entrées.

Butterball LLC was a joint venture of Smithfield Foods and Maxwell Farms Inc., an affiliate of the Goldsboro Milling Co.Seaboard Corporation bought Smithfield's stake in Butterball in 2010. The company sells over one billion pounds of turkey a year. Though the Butterball brand has been formally recognized since 1940, Butterball LLC was formed in 2006.

In Canada, the rights to Butterball is owned by P&H Foods.

Products

According to Butterball, the following products are sold under the Butterball name:

Among numerous other brands, English-bred Butterball turkeys are sold in the United Kingdom during Christmas time for the Christmas feast.

History

The name Butterball was originally registered as trademark #378,438 on June 11, 1940, by Ada Walker of Wyoming, Ohio. Leo Peters purchased the trademark in February 1951. Leo Peters licensed the name to Swift and Co. for 10 years before selling it in the 60's. Peters sold the name "Butterball" to Swift, which was acquired by ConAgra in 1990.

Butterball (Emery Schaub)

Butterball (Emery Schaub) is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history

Schaub first appeared in Avengers: The Initiative #13 (2008) and was created by Christos N. Gage and Steve Uy.

Butterball has appeared in seven issues of Avengers: The Initiative: #13, 26–29, 34 and 35. He appears in Avengers Academy #13 as well.

Butterball appeared as a supporting character in Avengers Academy beginning with issue #20 (Dec 2011), making several appearances throughout the series.

Fictional character biography

Emery Schaub was originally an overweight fry cook from Morganton, North Carolina. He was later recruited to the Initiative program and given the codename Boulder. However, his drill sergeant Taskmaster nicknames him Butterball, deeming it more appropriate. While Schaub's power of total invulnerability was impressive and he was an enthusiastic and dedicated trainee, his lack of physical strength, skill, and wits make him an inappropriate candidate for the superhero program. Much to the frustration of Taskmaster, no amount of training improves Schaub's physical strength and no amount of discipline modifies his behavior or attitude. As a direct consequence of his powers, any kind of punishment was completely ineffectual.

Butterball (comics)

Butterball in comics may refer to: