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2015 Processor of the Year, AdvancePierre Foods: Transformed, rolled out

AdvancePierre Foods has used its new, culture-defining continuous-improvement program to drive bottom-line growth, fire on all cylinders and make targeted acquisitions as a uniquely positioned sandwich manufacturer and protein processor.

Andy Hanacek

June 8, 2015

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When John Simons began his stint as president and CEO of AdvancePierre Foods on Sept. 30, 2013, he saw the potential of the company he’d just been tapped to lead, as well as the challenges that lay ahead of the management team he began to assemble.

2015 Processor of the Year: Plant Profile

AdvancePierre Foods: A successful 'enterprise'

Andy Hanacek

June 8, 2015

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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.”

Tyson Foods offers exercise program for employees during rebuilding process

May 1, 2015

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As part of the May cover story, Andy Hanacek sat down with Julia White and Evan Franzmeier, two people instrumental in the development and execution of the exercise program.

Monogram Foods hits high mark in food safety

April 14, 2015

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In this sidebar to our April cover story, Karl Schledwitz, chairman and CEO of Monogram Foods, tells Andy Hanacek about the food safety accomplishments of the company in the past year.

An open book

Kiolbassa Provision’s management style stresses a values-based corporate culture and total transparency for its employees.

Sam Gazdziak

April 7, 2015

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Growth has always been seen as a sign of a healthy company.

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.

Mother Nature meets haute cuisine

Joyce Farms’ heritage breeds are bringing taste back into poultry.

Sam Gazdziak

February 4, 2015

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The concept of a breed-specific meat program is well-established in the beef world (Angus being the most prolific example), and the Berkshire breed of pork is gaining similar traction in that sector. Chickens, though, are represented by the broiler and not much else.