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Celebrating 50 Years of Its Commitment to Family and Flavor, John Soules Foods Becomes Soules Foods
The company sets the table for its next chapter with a fresh brand identity and commitment to Great Food, Made Simple. TYLER, Texas, June 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- John Soules Foods, a family-owned, Texas-based leading national food company is reintroducing itself to the world as Soules Foods – a new name that reflects its deep heritage and bold future. Founded in 1975 in Tyler, Texas, the company has grown from a humble hamburger patty producer into a national leader in fully cooked and ready-to-cook chicken and beef products found in homes, restaurants, and grocery stores across the country. The shift to Soules Foods honors that 50-year legacy while making room for the next generation of growth, innovation, and flavor. As the fourth generation of the Soules family joined the company this year, Soules Foods will continue its commitment to deliver more than just food, providing solutions that empower in both home and restaurant kitchens across the country. "We believe our new name and logo pay the proper respect to our 50 years in business, while communicating a fresh outlook for our future," said John Soules Jr., Co-CEO. "We now have the fourth generation of our family working in the business, and we are excited to build the future for this generation and the ones that follow." In tandem with the corporate rebrand, the company's retail brand will transition from John Soules Foods to Soules Kitchen, complete with a new logo, refreshed packaging, and updated look now rolling out in refrigerated and frozen aisles nationwide. Backed by decades of expertise, a commitment to quality, and its legacy as America's #1 fajita strips brand, Soules Kitchen will continue to offer the same high-protein, ready-to-eat favorites—like grilled chicken, steak strips and breaded chicken nuggets, strips, and bites—designed to help busy families get delicious meals on the table faster. "We're excited about this new chapter and remain committed to delivering on our purpose of Great Food, Made Simple—just with a fresh new look," said Mark Soules, Co-CEO. ABOUT SOULES FOODSSoules Foods is a leading national producer of ready-to-eat and ready to-cook chicken and beef products and is the #1 retail producer of chicken and beef fajitas in the U.S. Established in 1975 by John Soules Sr., the company is now in its fourth generation of family leadership and remains headquartered in Tyler, Texas, with additional facilities in Gainesville, Georgia, and Valley, Alabama. Soules Foods is proud to serve Great Food, Made Simple to retail, foodservice distributors and restaurants across the U.S. For more information about Soules Foods and its retail brand, Soules Kitchen, visit and check out our social media pages on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Pinterest. Media ContactDani Rowdrow@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Soules Foods Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
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11-03-2025
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House committee advances vocational teacher salaries bill
A teacher addresses students in a classroom. (Photo credit: Getty Images) A Senate bill that would include vocational teachers in the tiered minimums for teacher salary rates unanimously passed its first House committee Monday. The House Education Committee quickly gave Senate Bill 343, sponsored by Sen. Bill Soules (D-Las Cruces), a do-pass vote, sending it to the House Appropriations and Finance Committee next. The bill would amend parts of the School Personnel Act, which addresses hiring and firing practices related to licensed school employees, as well as designating teacher salaries based on their level of licensure. Minimum salary tiers would change to include vocational teachers, who teach topics such as culinary arts, auto repair and health sciences. According to the LESC's bill analysis, the estimated average salary for vocational teachers was about $10,000 above the minimum salaries for each tier during fiscal year 2025. Soules told Source NM that the bill stems from concerns from several local school districts, including Las Cruces Public Schools, where the personnel office interpreted the current law and chose not to pay vocational teachers a higher salary rate. 'It's almost a nothing burger type of bill,' Soules said. 'It just makes it very clear that the intent of the law is that vocational teachers can get paid at the higher rate.' The current salary minimums are $50,000 for a level one teacher, $60,000 for level two and $70,000 for level three. However, House Bill 156 this session proposes increasing each salary tier by $5,000. The bill passed the House floor last week by a vote of 62-1 and was referred to the Senate Finance Committee. Rep. John Block (R-Alamogordo) was the one lawmaker to vote in opposition. Kersti Tyson, K-12 program director for the LANL Foundation, voiced her support for the bill during the committee meeting and pointed to the benefits for vocational teacher, or career technical education teacher, recruitment. 'We hear from many schools across the state that they have challenges recruiting and retaining CTE teachers. This bill will help with this by ensuring an equal minimum salary,' Tyson said. 'This will signal a commitment to CTE programs and make teaching more attractive to industry experts.' According to the LESC bill analysis, schools across the country have reported more difficulty in filling CTE or vocational teaching positions compared to academic subject positions, particularly in 'high-demand' areas such as information technology, health sciences and engineering where experts are paid significantly more in their industries compared to teaching the subject. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
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08-03-2025
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Man finds money in Nolensville Park, hands it over to police
NOLENSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A father is being called a good Samaritan after his act of honesty at a public park in Nolensville Thursday night. Ryan Soules told News 2 he was leaving flag football practice and heading to the parking lot with his son around 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 6. Even though it was dark outside, the father of two said he spotted a large amount of money on the sidewalk in Nolensville Park. Soules believes the money fell out of someone's pocket. By the time he found the cash, he said there were few people around. 'I was doing what I needed to do': Sumner County high school student uses CPR training to save man's life 'It was definitely enough money that I'm sure someone is really disappointed they lost it,' he said. Soules told News 2 he looked for the owner of the money, but nobody in the area claimed it, so he took it to the Nolensville Police Department. 'They were a bit surprised, and then they started kind of jotting down the notes,' the father recalled with a grin. When asked why he didn't keep the cash, Soules said, 'Well, not my money, simply, but I didn't earn it. Somebody else did.' 'Magic of SMASHville': Lost wedding ring found after Predators game at Bridgestone Arena Authorities asked News 2 not to disclose how much money was found so the rightful owner can hopefully describe it to law enforcement and claim their cash. 'If it were myself that had lost it, [I] would hope that someone would turn it in and make it available to be able to pick up,' Soules said. 'Certainly [there were] times of my life it would have been an amount of money that was extraordinarily important. If that was your missing money in Nolensville Park and you want it back, you're asked to call the Nolensville Police Department at 615-776-3640. Officials will ask you how much you lost and some other questions. If the information matches, they'll return the cash to you. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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14-02-2025
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Breadwinner: Committee advances proposal to make tortilla NM's ‘state bread'
Sen. Joshua Sanchez (R-Bosque) is carrying a bill this session proposing tortillas as the state bread. (Photo by Leah Romero / Source NM) From state bird and state flower to state guitar and state aroma, New Mexico has a long list of state symbols, with yet another proposed this legislative session. Senate Bill 315 would make tortillas the official bread of New Mexico, an idea that comes from Las Cruces student Adaline McIntosh. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Joshua Sanchez (R-Bosque), passed through the Senate Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Committee Thursday on a 4-1 vote. Sen. Antonio Maestas (D-Albuquerque) was the only member to vote no, 'for the fun of it,' he said. 'I was having breakfast with my family and I was just sitting there and we went over the state symbols for our New Mexico history study that we're doing in school,' McIntosh told committee members, explaining how she came up with the idea. McIntosh's brother, Braden, worked several years ago with Sanchez to get Senate Bill 392 passed by lawmakers and signed by the governor. The bill required the Department of Game and Fish to provide youth programs in all five game districts in New Mexico and to allow donations to the programs. Committee members quickly voiced their support for tortillas as the state bread, though some threw out sopapillas as a possibility as well. Sen. Bill Soules (D-Las Cruces), a member of the committee, said he enjoys this type of bill because it is a teaching opportunity for students in the state. Soules sponsored a bill two years ago to declare the smell of roasting green chile the state aroma, a first for any state in the U.S. 'I think they are an important part of our elementary education. When the kids learn, they learn and are proud of things about their state,' Soules said during the meeting. 'And certainly if you ask anyone about the state bread for New Mexico, it's going to be the tortilla. I mean, it's almost so obvious, why haven't we done it before?' Soules also pointed out that there are tourism and publicity benefits for the state with such bills. The fiscal impact report for the bill highlighted benefits to the agricultural sector in New Mexico as well, with an added demand for tortillas. SB 315 heads to the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee next. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
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14-02-2025
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Bill proposing changes to the Mathematics and Science Education Act advances this week
Sen. Bill Soules (D-Las Cruces) chairs the Senate Education Committee. (Photo by Leah Romero / Source NM) Lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday that proposes statewide requirements for math instruction in K-12 schools and professional development for teachers Senate Bill 235, sponsored by Sen. Bill Soules (D-Las Cruces), makes changes to the Mathematics and Science Education Act, including requiring school districts to create professional learning plans, assess students for difficulties in learning math before they finish second grade, provide interventions for students with learning difficulties and notify parents of their child's learning difficulties. The bill will also require that the Public Education Department monitor math instructional materials, create a leadership framework and set minimum course requirements for teacher licensure. Soules presented the bill to the Senate Education Committee, which he chairs, on Wednesday and received unanimous support from members. SB 235 now goes to the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee. Soules said the state has worked hard in recent years to support structured literacy in public schools and improve literacy among New Mexico students, but the same attention has not been given to mathematics. Deficiencies in both math and reading were highlighted in the Yazzie/Martinez lawsuit by the late District Judge Sarah Singleton. 'It's now time that we start talking about math and the very low performance of students in New Mexico in the math area,' Soules said during the meeting. 'We've sort of pushed it aside.' 'Advancing the Science of Reading Act' gains unanimous support in Senate Education Committee The bill received ample support from attendees, including representatives from the Higher Education Department, Public Education Department, New Mexico School Board Association, New Mexico Coalition of Educational Leaders, Albuquerque Teachers Federation, Think New Mexico, Kids Can, Teach Plus New Mexico, Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, NM Partnership for Math & Science Education and New Mexico MESA. Higher Education Department Secretary Stephanie Rodriguez shared her personal struggle with math as a young student and applauded the bill's attention to screening for math learning difficulties. 'I have dyscalculia, and unfortunately, it took many years of struggle to figure that out,' Rodriguez told the committee. 'I still went to college, but there are many other children in New Mexico who will go their entire life of schooling thinking they may not be college material or may not enter a trade program because math is too hard.' SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
