Hogs Steady as Low Pork May Spur Demand; Cattle Little Changed
Hog futures were unchanged after rising to a two-week high on speculation that U.S. retail pork demand is increasing as wholesale prices slipped to a two-month low. Cattle were steady. …
Meat & Poultry
Paula Deen Hefts Some Hams For First Coast Food Bank
Paula Deen, the Queen of Southern Cuisine, rallied Second Harvest Food Bank employees Thursday to unload 30,000 pounds of donated hams from the 18-wheeler backed up to its Jessie Street loading dock in Jacksonville. Then the Food Network celebrity hefted hams down the line for food banks and agencies that help the needy in North Florida. Its all part of Smithfield Foods Helping Hungry Homes Tour. …
Butterball, LLC Hosts Cooking Competition To Support Relay For Life
Butterball, LLC hosted the first annual Turkey Hot Dog Showdown June 3 at the poultry producer’s Garner facility. The hour-long competition helped raise money for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life and encouraged creative cooking and competitive fun. …
Swedesboro, NJ Meat Processor Rastelli Foods Group Expanding
The economic recovery depends mightily on the willingness of business owners to spend on construction and equipment and to hire new workers. Ray Rastelli, president of Rastelli Foods Group in South Jersey, is doing his part: The meat processor plans to start a $22 million expansion this month that will nearly triple the size of its Swedesboro plant and add 120 to Rastelli’s overall workforce of 625. …
Consumers Are Buying Kosher Meats, For Other Than Religious Reasons
Reisterstown resident Kathy Schmidt learned quite by accident that for her, all meat is not equal. Schmidt is among a group of consumers, both non-Jews and non-observant Jews, who are opting to buy kosher foods, especially when it comes to meat, because they say, kosher tastes better and is a better quality. …