CEO of Marx Foods Justin Marx says he believes restaurants have hit their bottom. He estimates 80% of restaurants open before COVID-19 will remain open – focusing on controlling costs and quality. Austin Keating, Multimedia Specialist for BNP Media and the National Provisioner magazine, interviews Justin Marx to learn more.
The CEO of Marx Foods Justin Marx says he’s starting to notice restaurants buying chef-ready and pre-fabricated cuts of meat instead of paying for labor to cut USDA steaks. He says meatpackers are more efficient with knife strokes and can help restaurants reach better yield. Austin Keating, Multimedia Specialist for BNP Media and the National Provisioner magazine, interviews Justin Marx to learn more.
MeatsPad welcomes Dr. Travis Arp, who is the Senior Director of Export Services/Access for the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Dr. Arp shares about the importance of the quality attributes of meat produced in the United States. Also, he explains in detail about those factors that make the U.S. meat industry a very competitive and successful industry.
Justin Marx, CEO of Marx Foods, says the Coronavirus spurred consumers to start buying samplers consistently after the packaging failed to gain traction in the years prior. To learn more about the future of meat samplers, listen to Austin Keating, Multimedia Specialist for BNP Media and the National Provisioner magazine, interview Marx.
The Meat Industry Hall of Fame is proud to welcome its Class of 2020 inductees. Though there was no dinner this year due to COVID restrictions, each inductee spoke with National Provisioner Editor-in-Chief Andy Hanacek to talk about their experiences in the industry.
Microbiome research is an area of increasing interest in livestock production due to potential microbiome impacts on animal performance. The term microbiome, while scientifically rooted in the genetic makeup of the microbes, is used to more generally represent the microbial populations that are present in an environment.
Even though the COVID-19 pandemic has pummeled every aspect of business, it could not knock food safety from its perch as meat and poultry processors’ primary focal point in 2020.
The last year was one for the record books in many ways. Never before had our nation’s meat and poultry processors been challenged to meet consumer demand in such intense and unorthodox ways.