IPPE attendees can tour a beef or poultry processing facility and learn from first-hand experience at either the Birchwood Foods’ facility in Norcross, Ga., or the Tyson Foods’ facility in Cumming, Ga.
Few will argue the fact that consolidations have taken their toll in the meat and poultry industries — not only in the processor arena, but mergers among suppliers have accelerated in the last 10 years.