Tyson Fresh Meats, the beef and pork subsidiary of Tyson Foods, recently announced the formation of the Portioned Protein Innovations (PPI) Team. Tyson Fresh Meats has seen steady growth in the value added and case ready categories and formalized the PPI team to meet the growing needs of customers in these categories. The cutting edge team is led by Nate Hodne, senior vice president of PPI at Tyson Fresh Meats, and consists of sales and operations employees across the nation.
Tyson has multiple facilities producing PPI products, including: three case ready facilities in Sherman, Texas, Goodlettsville, Tenn., and Council Bluffs, Iowa; two portion-cutting facilities in Chicago and Jacksonville, Fla.; and a value added plant in Emporia, Kan. The news of an additional case ready plant being built in Salt Lake City, Utah was also released this year, and is set to launch in 2021.