As a meat processor, it’s not only important to know what you are doing, but also why you are doing it and how it works. Every ingredient added to a food product is done so for a specific purpose.
Companies are working to make more consumers are aware of the attributes that make their products stand out - use of antibiotics, diet, processing methods. The hope is that, when consumers think about chicken, they think "premium."
With plenty of awards to hand out and record sales to boast about, Certified Angus Beef's annual conference was filled with good news and big opportunities for the brand and its member companies to grow even more in the coming year.
The term that comes to mind is “regulatory overreach” – a phrase that crops up from time to time, typically when regulators decide to make and enforce their own regulations.
Bush Brothers Provision Co. has been adept at reacting to changes, whether it be a change in the weather or in the marketplace. For years, the company has been known as a purveyor of steaks, chops and other higher-end meats for the top of the line hotels and restaurants in Florida.
It was a tight race to the final day, but after the clock ticked to Aug. 1, 2017, and voting ended, Smithfield Foods’ hometown plant — the Smithfield, Va., processing facility — stood as the winner of The National Provisioner’s 2017 Plant of the Year award.
Pork processor Rantoul Foods has grown quickly and somewhat quietly in six years, by setting high standards for its process and building with the future in mind.
When James Jendruczek and Alan Bressler, owners of Trim-Rite Inc., envisioned the growth of their company, never did they believe they’d need to get into the slaughter business.