Meat & Poultry

Celebrated Manhattan-based butcher Pat La Frieda is scheduled to appear on ShopNBC (www.shopnbc.com), the premier lifestyle brand in multi-media retailing. The premiere of Pat La Frieda Meats, which will be the first national roll-out of the product to the general public, will occur on Monday, August 23 at 7pm ET and on Tuesday, August 24 at 2pm ET. …

At the McLeod County Fair they held a birthday party Thursday night for a 1200 pound pig. But that’s not all they are celebrating in the swine barn. …

Mexico added pork to the list of U.S. products against which it is retaliating for the failure of the United States to live up to its obligations under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to let Mexican trucks haul goods into the United States, according to several meat industry sources. …

Aldi, which typically features the lowest prices on groceries of any supermarket, has recently added fresh chicken to its meat case. Its everyday prices can hardly be beat: boneless, skinless chicken breasts for $2.49 a pound, wings for $1.89 a pound and thighs for $1.29 a pound. …

JBS SA, the worlds biggest beef producer, may turn its $7.1 billion Pilgrims Pride unit into the parent of U.S. operations in a so-called reverse merger after postponing an initial public offering of JBS USA, Chief Executive Officer Joesley Batista said. …