Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., the beef and pork unit of Tyson Foods, Inc., has re-invigorated its Chairman’s Reserve® Premium Meats brand in response to rising interest in premium meat.

Following a spring 2011 visit to AdvancePierre Foods’ Cincinnati processing plant, where the processor was pumping out a wide variety of formed protein products, The National Provisioner queried Tom Burroughs, director, Protein Research and Development for AdvancePierre, on some of the challenges and considerations through which processors need to work when developing and incorporating forming technology.

As the national and global economy began to unravel in 2008 and 2009, many companies ran for the hills, begged for answers and reinvented or rebooted their entire strategic plan in order to compensate for the fear that littered the headlines.

From its initial announcement 10 months ago, the merger of Pierre Foods, Advance Food Co. and Advance Brands was touted as a perfect fit — a unification of “wonderfully complementary” companies under one corporate umbrella.

Jimmy Dean® is expanding its Jimmy D’s breakfasts to include the new Pancake Griddlers.

The Oscar Mayer brand introduces new Oscar Mayer Carving Board Meats. Made from high-quality cuts and slowly oven-roasted, these packaged meats make it easy to create sandwiches that deliver that “day after Thanksgiving” type of sandwich any day of the year.

Hang together, hang tough. In the meat industry, challenges are the norm and not the exception. Our definition of “business as usual” likely would rattle many in other industries, but it has contributed to our collective strength.