Andy Hanacek

2015 Processor of the Year: Plant Profile

AdvancePierre Foods: A successful 'enterprise'

June 8, 2015

In conjunction with our 2015 Processor of the Year story, Andy Hanacek, editor-in-chief of The National Provisioner, traveled to Enid, Okla., to tour and visit AdvancePierre Foods’ Enterprise facility.

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Tyson Foods' Storm Lake storms back

After a fire destroyed a significant portion of its processing space in March 2014, Hillshire Brands’ Storm Lake, Iowa, plant (now owned by Tyson Foods) charged ahead, rebuilt and got back to processing turkeys in less than a year.

Andy Hanacek

May 12, 2015

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It stands as one of the more frightening calls a plant or operations manager ever could receive: “We have a fire at the plant.”

Monogram Foods: Intrinsic growth

Monogram Foods has quieted critics, transforming its decade of unabated growth into unequaled success time and time again.

Andy Hanacek

April 2, 2015

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In the current economic climate, bottle-rocket success stories pepper the business headlines every day.

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J Bar B Foods: Power surge

J Bar B Foods made industry-wide headlines when its Weimar, Texas, processing plant became the first in the United States to feature a co-extrusion sausage-production system nearly a decade ago.

Andy Hanacek

February 14, 2015

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J Bar B Foods has been able to translate a rare combination of positive attributes into outstanding growth and success.

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Certified Angus Beef: Brand Champions

Certified Angus Beef’s go-to-market strategies have kept the brand growing at a very steady pace, even through turbulent economic times.

Andy Hanacek

January 12, 2015

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In October 2014, Certified Angus Beef LLC reported its eighth consecutive year of record sales of its Certified Angus Beef brand — and the 10th consecutive fiscal year that the brand had achieved year-over-year growth.

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GNP Company: Innovation, to be continued

Expect more of the same innovation and industry leadership from GNP Company, even with a leadership change this fall.

Andy Hanacek

December 3, 2014

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Mike Helgeson has had a long career in the poultry industry — more than 40 years in the business, with 21 of those as the CEO of St. Cloud, Minn.-based GNP Company.

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Phillips Foods: Connoisseurs of crab

Phillips Foods celebrates 100 years of trailblazing, having opened new channels for its products and new supply sources while becoming a global seafood-processing force.

Andy Hanacek

November 7, 2014

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Anyone who has been to Baltimore, Md., or the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the last century likely has consumed crab meat harvested and processed right there in the region.

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Rastelli Foods: Full-circle success

Rastelli Foods has built itself into a protein-processing, e-commerce and global-export powerhouse, and has now added specialty-retail operations to its portfolio.

Andy Hanacek

October 6, 2014

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Forty years ago, Ray Rastelli purchased a small butcher shop in South Jersey, brought his brother, Tony, into the business, and began growing their meat-cutting operation to serve local customers and restaurants in the region.

State of the Industry

‘Big Fat’ excitement for protein-processing industry

For much of the protein-processing industry, positives have far outweighed negatives in 2014 — for the first time in several years.

Andy Hanacek

October 6, 2014

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Last year in this space, The National Provisioner asked, “Is the tide turning?”

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Day-Lee Foods ushers in a new ‘Day’

Day-Lee Foods’ Processed Foods Division is in the throes of a multi-phase revitalization that gives the frozen-foods manufacturer more flexibility and a positive outlook for future growth.