Butterball Foodservice Launches New Website to Support Operators

February 8, 2021 Butterball Foodservice

Butterball Foodservice has launched a new website that will quickly connect operators with much needed resources, tools and information. The site revamp emerges as the need for strategies to counter the significant losses of the past year becomes urgent.

Butterball to Invest a Total of $8.7 Million in Two Arkansas Processing Facilities

January 14, 2021 Butterball

The expansion includes a $4.7 million investment in Ozark where the company will create 160 jobs and a $4 million investment in Huntsville where it will create 200 new jobs.

Continental Glatt Kosher Meats Corp. Recalls Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products Produced Without Benefit of Inspection

December 7, 2020 USDA FSIS

Continental Glatt Kosher Meats Corp., doing business as First Choice Kosher Meat & Deli Inc., a Spring Valley, N.Y. firm, is recalling approximately 61,504 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

Federal Court Denies Motions to Dismiss Turkey Price-Fixing Case

November 11, 2020 JD Supra

On October 26th, Northern District of Illinois Judge Virginia M. Kendall denied three motions to dismiss a putative class action alleging that the nation’s leading turkey suppliers—including Butterball, Cargill, House of Raeford, Tyson, and Perdue—engaged in a conspiracy to fix the prices of turkey sold in the United States over a seven year period.

Whole Foods Market Introduces the Thanksgiving Turkey Protection Plan to “Insure” America’s Most Anticipated Meal

November 10, 2020 Whole Foods Market

Whole Foods Market and Progressive Insurance introduce the Thanksgiving Turkey Protection Plan, the first-ever “insurance” for the beloved centerpiece of the Thanksgiving meal. Whether you’re hosting Thanksgiving for the first time, or you’re scarred from a previous bird blunder, Whole Foods Market and Progressive have you covered this year, offering a $ 35 Whole Foods Market gift card in case you commit a turkey cooking fail.