As the traditional start of grilling season, Memorial Day was a tough week to beat in year-over-year sales. Additionally, meat sales overall were heavily impacted by the tightness in supply. These were among the findings of in the most recent weekly report from 210 Analytics and IRI, which are tracking meat and hot dog sales […]
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Memorial Day Drove Double-Digit Gains In Meat, Poultry
by Anne-Marie Roerink/President, 210 Analytics LLC As Memorial Day signals the traditional start of the summer grilling season, meat and poultry often are heavily promoted by grocery retailers across the country. This year, however, tight supply along with price inflation and continued social distancing measures created a very different marketplace and demand. Purchase limits remained […]
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Strassburger Meats Introduces StrassBurger On National Beef Burger Day
Strassburger Meats, which has supplied Manhattan’s finest steakhouses with top-quality steak for more than 150 years, recently celebrated National Beef Burger Day by introducing StrassBurgers, made from 100 percent top-quality ground beef. StrassBurgers debuted exclusively in Morton Williams Supermarkets in Manhattan. “We’ve been in the meat business forever, and know where the best meat comes from, whether you’re […]
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Principe Unveils Cured Meat And Cheese Snack Pack
Brooklyn-based Principe has launched a new-to-market “Double D.O.P. Snack Pack” with Prosciutto di Parma and Parmigiano Reggiano and featuring a pairing of truly Italian cured meat and cheese. Sourced from select heritage breed pigs, Prosciutto di Parma is imported from the Emilia Romagna region of Italy known for its sweet, aromatic and dry mountain air. […]
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South Texas Meat Markets Adjust To COVID-19 Pandemic
By John McCurry/contributing writer Even during a pandemic, holiday weekends in Texas are prime selling times for meat. Just ask Carter Ray, co-owner of Wiatrek’s Meat Market in Poth and San Antonio. “Usually holiday weekends bring about 30 percent more business,” Ray told The Shelby Report a few days before Memorial Day. “That, added to […]
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Tyson Appoints Former FedEx Executive Bronczek To Board of Directors
Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson Foods has appointed David J. Bronczek, 65, to the company’s board of directors. Bronczek is the recently retired president and chief operating officer of FedEx Corp., the global logistics and transportation company. He was part of FedEx for more than 40 years, starting as a courier and progressing into the company’s management […]
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Hormel Natural Choice Launches Hardwood Smoked Product Line
The makers of Hormel Natural Choice premium lunch meat have launched a new line of slow-smoked products called Natural Choice hardwood smoked lunch meats. These products—smoked in netting over real wood chips for over four hours—include flavors like applewood ham, applewood turkey with garlic and herbs, pecanwood ham with sweet black pepper and pecanwood ham with […]
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Quirch Foods Acquires Tennessee-Based Food Distributor, Butts Foods
Coral Gables, Florida-based Quirch Foods LLC, has acquired Butts Foods, an industry leader in fresh protein distribution since 1935. Butts operates five distribution facilities throughout Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. This is the first acquisition for Quirch and represents the company’s commitment to further expanding its geographic footprint following its recent distribution center opening in Greensboro, North […]