Meat & Poultry

Dearborn Sausage Co., Inc., a national supplier of fresh sausages, premium beef jerky, snack sausages, and hams, and THANASI Foods LLC, a national supplier of branded snack foods, have formed Macomb Smoked Meats LLC as a joint venture to purchase and manage the American Foods Company Inc. beef jerky and smoked sausage production facility in Macomb, Michigan. Macomb Smoked Meats will employ approximately 50 people in metro Detroit. …

Around the holidays, everyone is making their lists and checking them twice and searching for the perfect gifts. Weis Markets, a retail chain with 164 stores in PA, MD, NJ, NY and WV, gave their customers a great gift option they could simply order during a grocery shopping trip, no extra shopping needed! …

The economic evidence says there’s profit to be made for cattlemen who understand what consumers want. A symposium at the recent Agriculture and Applied Economics Association meeting in Denver examined trends that document a desire for high-quality beef. …

Grocery store beef prices dropped a bit in July, but were still above year-earlier levels. The average price of choice beef at retail was $4.444 per pound in July, down 4.7 cents from June, but up 26.5 cents from 12 months earlier. June 2010 beef prices were the highest since October 2008. The higher beef prices are caused in large part by a very tight beef supply. USDA is forecasting 2010 per capita beef consumption will be the lowest since 1952. …

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation – SWOT Analysis company profile is the essential source for top-level company data and information. The report examines the companys key business structure and operations, history and products, and provides summary analysis of its key revenue lines and strategy. …