meat market

Editor's Note | Sam Gazdziak

Ending 2020 on a high note

October 8, 2020

The year 2020 has been like a bad disaster movie in many ways, but there has been at least one unexpected benefit. If all the consumer trends were pointing toward small processors in 2019, there is no longer any question about it: independent processors are in demand.

Certified Piedmontese opens retail location: The Mercato in Lincoln, Nebraska

Industry News

September 18, 2020

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Certified Piedmontese has opened a retail location called The Mercato featuring a premium selection of its specialty beef in Lincoln, Nebraska.

AAMP Convention Educational Session Attendees

Independent Processor's Prime Cuts

"Putting lipstick on a pig:" Retail strategies for meat markets

Marketing seminar at the 2018 AAMP Convention covered how to make the most of a meat market's retail space.

Sam Gazdziak

August 10, 2018

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Darla Kiesel of Dewig Meats (Haubstadt, Ind.) and Mike Sloan of Hermann Wurst Haus (Hermann, Mo.) talked about their retail strategies in an educational session at the recent American Association of Meat Processors Convention in Kansas City, Mo.

Hansen Meats store in Edwardsville, Ill.

Hansen Meats: Strength in numbers

Hansen Meats continues to grow with the opening of its third meat market in Southern Illinois.

Sam Gazdziak

March 5, 2018

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Starting from its Jerseyville home, Hansen Meats has spent the last decade growing and expanding its retail presence adding two additional locations in Southern Illinois.