The grocery industry has faced significant changes in consumer purchasing habits due to economic fluctuations such as inflation and shifting concerns over tariffs and unemployment. Anne-Marie Roerink, principal at 210 Analytics, shared her insights on how these factors have influenced the meat, seafood and poultry markets. Inflation, consumer behavior Roerink noted a shift toward home-cooked […]
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Mighty Spark Launches All-Natural Poultry At Walmart And CVS
Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Mighty Spark, an independent company that donates a meal with each purchase consumers make of its all-natural poultry, is expanding its assortment and presence at retailers nationwide with the launch of patties and ground blends at select Walmart stores, and chicken snack sticks at 2,500 CVS locations. “In addition to launching at Walmart […]
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Tosca Launches First RPC Custom Built For Poultry
Atlanta-based Tosca has introduced what it is calling a “breakthrough” reusable plastic container (RPC) designed specifically for poultry. The Tosca poultry RPC was built to withstand weight and water, delivering greater product protection and reducing damage, as well as eliminating packaging waste. Poultry is the fastest growing protein in the U.S., and it is also […]
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Tyson, Hillshire Add Tajín Clásico Seasoning To Products
The Tyson and Hillshire Farm brands have launched five new products featuring Tajín Clásico Seasoning, a chili lime seasoning brand popular in Mexico. Tajín’s flavor is a blend of mild chili peppers, dehydrated lime juice and sea salt. It primarily is used to enhance the flavor of desserts, vegetables, fresh fruit and now, protein. The […]
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The Power Of Meat: Meeting Consumers Where They Are To Increase Sales
Meat is the calling card for most grocery stores, according to Anne-Marie Roerink of 210 Analytics, who for 14 years now has prepared the Power of Meat report on behalf of the Annual Meat Conference, sponsored by the Food Marketing Institute and the North American Meat Institute. This year’s edition, like those in the past, […]
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National Chicken Council Launches Virtual Reality Chicken Production Tour
As per capita chicken consumption breaks a new record in 2018 and consumers express a growing interest in where their food comes from, the National Chicken Council (NCC), which represents the U.S. broiler chicken industry, has developed a series of 360° virtual reality videos showing the various stages of a chicken’s life during modern, commercial production. The […]
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Butterball Launches New ‘Premium’ Deli Turkey And Chicken Portfolio
Butterball is launching a new deli portfolio featuring specialty and seasoned items in flavors that were selected specifically for this new set. Leading the portfolio is the Thanksgiving Roasted deli turkey breast. “Consumers that know Butterball for its unique Thanksgiving flavor can enjoy it year-round, straight from the deli counter with this skin-on, oil-browned turkey breast, roasted with […]
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Tyson Foods Acquires Organic ‘Smart Chicken’ Brand
Tyson Foods Inc. is expanding its production of organic branded chicken through the acquisition of Tecumseh Poultry LLC. The purchase includes the air-chilled Smart Chicken brand. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed. Tecumseh Poultry was founded in 1998 and produces air-chilled, fresh chicken, as well as deli-style chicken and a variety of chicken sausages. […]
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Tribali Foods Launches Clean Meat Patties At Super Targets Nationwide
Tribali Foods, a purveyor of “clean” free-range chicken and grass-fed beef patties, has launched two of its varieties— Mediterranean Style Beef and Chipotle Chicken—in 185 Super Target locations from coast to coast. The patties are Paleo certified, Whole30 approved, Non-GMO Project Verified and free of gluten, dairy and soy. Launched in San Marino, California, in […]
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Online Grocer Thrive Market Now Offering Fresh Meat, Seafood
Thrive Market, a membership-based online grocer offering healthy foods and natural products at wholesale prices, is launching Thrive Market Meat & Seafood, a new line of proteins including beef, seafood and poultry. Thrive has partnered with small and midsize farmers and fishermen around the globe for this new product line. “Each partner shares in Thrive’s commitment […]
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Top 10 Findings Of The Power Of Meat 2018
Transparency, convenience, wellness among megatrends driving meat at retail The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and the Foundation for Meat and Poultry Research and Education—the foundation for the North American Meat Institute—have released their 13th annual exploration into the meat planning, shopping and consumption habits of consumers. “The Power of Meat 2018” identifies megatrends influencing meat purchases, including transparency; […]
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Perdue Rolls Out ‘Fresh Cuts’ Pre-Cut Chicken Breasts
Perdue is aiming to save home cooks up to 30 minutes on meal preparation and cleaning time by providing chicken that is pre-cut. Its new Fresh Cuts offerings is fresh boneless, skinless chicken breasts that come diced or cut into strips so consumers can and add them straight from the package to the pan without having […]
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2018 Will See High Meat Consumption, But The American Diet Is Shifting
by Rich Waite/ Associate, World Resources Institute While 2017 was a banner year for plant-based eating—with plant-based burgers and other alternative proteins coming to market—2018 began with headlines proclaiming a new year filled with meat. The U.S. Department of Agriculture sparked these stories by predicting that Americans will eat a record amount of beef, pork and poultry this year. The meaty headlines—complete with pictures […]
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Animal Meat And Protein Resurging As A Culinary Food Trend In 2018
Throughout most of 2017, it was clear that increased consumer focus on vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian diets was influencing trends industrywide. But if 2017 was the year of plant-based proteins, market research firm Packaged Facts predicts that 2018 will be the year animal-based protein makes a push to reclaim space on America’s center plate. Packaged […]
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Jack Link’s Launches Five New Protein Snacks, Brings On R&D VP
Jack Link’s, a maker of meat snacks, has debuted new products that it says will not only “offer loyal fans new portable protein options but will reach new customers at varied snacking occasions.” The new products range from updated classics like Lorissa’s Kitchen 100 percent grass-fed beef sticks to the less traditional products like Jack […]
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Tyson Foods Expanding Chicken Production In Western Tennessee
Tyson Foods Inc. has accepted an invitation from city, county and state leaders to build a new chicken production complex in Humboldt, Tennessee, part of Gibson County in the western part of the state. The $300 million project is expected to create more than 1,500 local jobs once the new complex begins operations in late […]
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AFPD, Local Businesses And Nonprofits Distribute Turkeys In Michigan
The Associated Food and Petroleum Dealers (AFPD) says it is one of the largest turkey drives in the country, having distributed more than 85,000 of the holiday birds since 1980. AFPD teams with local independent retailers and suppliers to bring free turkeys to families in need during the holiday season as part of AFPD’s Annual […]
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Raley’s Partners With American Homestead To Offer GMO-Free Pork
Raley’s has entered into a new partnership across all its stores with American Homestead Pork, a group of family farms, for a program that will offer several varieties of fresh pork, all non-GMO and antibiotic-free. American Homestead is a group of thirty-five family farms in Iowa. Its animals are never given antibiotics or growth promotants, […]
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Consumer Wellness Concerns Continue To Impact Animal Protein Industries
by Alissa Marchat/staff writer Departments in the store that sell meat, particularly the deli, meat and seafood departments, can be tricky spaces for shoppers to navigate. Even as consumers become more educated about the foods they eat and the industries that are producing them, they also are increasingly confused about the wellness and sustainability attributes […]
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Sanderson Farms Opens New Facility In St. Pauls, North Carolina
Sanderson Farms, the third largest poultry producer in the U.S., this month opened a new $155 million processing plant and wastewater treatment facility in St. Pauls, North Carolina. The 180,000-s.f. plant accompanies an existing 65,000-s.f. hatchery located in Lumberton, as well as a feed mill in Kinston, making it the company’s 11th fully integrated poultry […]