Kane Beef Sale to STX Beef Closes
Kane Beef officially has a new owner. The sale of the beef processing company closed on Thursday, with STX Beef Company, an affiliate of Houston based JDH Capital, acquiring the company. …
Month: March 2019
Washington Beef, LLC Recalls Ground Beef Products due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination
Washington Beef, LLC, a Toppenish, Wash. establishment, is recalling approximately 30,260 pounds of ground beef chubs products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically hard plastic and metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced. …
Analysis Explores Meat and Poultry’s Role in Today’s Food Culture: The Way We Eat, Shop and Live
Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and the Foundation for Meat and Poultry Research and Education, the foundation for the North American Meat Institute, released the 14th annual exploration into how to best optimize meat and poultry’s role in today’s food culture: the way we eat, shop and live. The Power of Meat 2019 explores the financial prowess of the $67 billion category and meat’s overall role in supporting a food retailer’s reputation. …
Consumer Survey Reveals Consistent V-Day Buying Habits, Preferences
For Valentine’s Day, consumer habits held steady in 2019. That’s one takeaway from a national survey commissioned by the Society of American Florists and conducted by the market research firm Ipsos immediately after Valentine’s Day. Compared to previous years, the survey found a consistent number of consumers buying Valentine’s Day flowers in 2019 — and similar preferences in flower and venue selection, along with demographics of holiday flower buyers. …
100,000 Free Tulips Turn the Heart of San Francisco into a Pop-Up Garden
This past weekend, seven thousand people visited San Francisco’s Union Square to pick a free bouquet of tulips during the second annual American Tulip Day. One hundred thousand tulips created a vibrant carpet of pink, red, yellow, and orange flowers grown in the United States from tulip bulbs exported from the Netherlands. …