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Save A Lot campaign showcases fresh meat cut by butchers

Fresh Cut Meat campaign spotlighting Save A Lot's commitment to providing customers with fresh meat cut in store.

June 3, 2026

Since Save A Lot locations do not traditionally have meat counters, this campaign aims to bring consumer awareness to the retailer's meat cutting in store.

Minnesota honors college meat cutting program

Program blends online instruction with practical learning.

Industry News

January 2, 2025

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Minnesota House resolution commends Ridgewater College and its award-winning Meat Cutting program.

U of Idaho expert teaches meat cutting to high schoolers

Idaho high-school students take turns dividing pig carcass into primal cuts.

Industry News

May 10, 2024

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University of Idaho meat scientist Phil Bass introduces youth to meat science as an often overlooked but rewarding career that pays well and desperately needs labor.

Processing Tech

Improved sanitation and design on slicers, dicers and cutters

A cleaner cut: Improved sanitation and design is creating the slicers, dicers and cutters of the future.

Megan Pellegrini

April 16, 2018

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Improved sanitation and design on slicers, dicers and cutters in general continues to motivate the food industry.

Automated deboning systems: a financial boon for poultry processors?

Doug Britton , Ph.D.

October 17, 2014

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The driving forces for automation adoption in any production/manufacturing environment are constantly changing, but the metric is usually bottom-line cost.

Intelligent cutting 2.0: Rebuilding the poultry deboning robot

Angela Colar

October 15, 2014

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Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) recently completed the second year of a three-year project to rebuild their Intelligent Cutting and Deboning System

Protein Problem Solver: Fulfilling a pledge to optimize efficiency

Wenneman Meat Co. installs growth-oriented processing solutions after losing plant to devastating 2011 fire.

December 10, 2013

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Wenneman Meat Co. overcame a devastating plant fire in 2011 that forced them to completely rebuild their facility.

Putting yield first in cutting and deboning

Elizabeth Fuhrman

October 18, 2013

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Yield is key to profitability. Just as in other areas of processing, cutting and deboning have a direct impact on yield and, in turn, quality.

2013 Deli Report

Slicing gets versatile

Elizabeth Fuhrman

September 24, 2013

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For processors, cleanly sliced proteins mean no tearing, smearing, or frayed and torn edges, in addition to no separation from core binding within the slices.