Meat & Poultry

Today, the brewers at Samuel Adams and artisanal meat purveyor Jake Dickson unveil the innovative Samuel Adams Boston Lager Cut, the perfect beef counterpart for Samuel Adams Boston Lager. The partnership between the brewers and Dickson, owner of Dickson’s Farmstand Meats in New York City, marks the first time a brewer and specialty meat purveyor have teamed up to design an original cut of beef. …

The Federation of State Beef Councils would continue to be a strong checkoff entity but would be free from the influence of any policy organization if it were a separate entity from the National Cattlemens Beef Association (NCBA). Thats the conclusion of a recommendation from the Cattlemens Beef Board (CBB) Executive Committee this week. …

Brad Lueck, a meat processor at Hansens IGA in Bangor, enjoys coming up with new meat recipes for his employer. I like to try out different things, Lueck said. Unlike many grocery stores, Hansens has a wide assortment of meat products created in-house and doesnt just stick to a few tried-and-true recipes. …

Striplings General Store was named a finalist in the recent Georgia Family Business of the Year competition in the Small Category (fewer than 50 employees). Our sausage is a unique, original product on which we have built a successful business, company spokeswoman Ashley Goss said. …

Grocery store workers and meat cutters at 36 corporate-owned Giant Eagle Supermarket Inc. stores approved two new four-year labor contracts Friday that give them a $1.55-an-hour raise over four years, union officials said. …