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The poultry category is entering 2025 with a little momentum. According to Circana retail sales data, for November 2024 fresh chicken prices averaged $3.13 per pound, up 3% from a [...]

SIOUX CITY, Iowa--The Prairie Fresh Way means delivering a wide spectrum of premium pork products for export, processor, retail and foodservice markets. 'The Prairie Fresh Way really is all about [...]

The national nonprofit Good Meat Project's primary focus is connecting people with meat products raised and produced in a manner in line with their values, but another key goal for [...]

With an exclusive focus on foodservice, Northwest Meat Co.'s clients run the gamut from high-end steakhouses to bar-and-grill operators. 'We sell beef, veal, lamb, pork and poultry,' said Andrew Neva, [...]

From October 2023 through October 2024, fresh pork sales reached $8.4 billion, up 3.4% in dollar sales and up 0.7% in pounds sold compared with year-ago sales, according to Circana [...]

Despite annual inflation recently receding to its lowest level since February 2021 and wage increases outpacing inflation, US consumers in the low- to middle-income brackets are struggling to cover essentials, [...]

Meat and poultry marketers have reason to be optimistic as the new year approaches--well, cautiously optimistic at least. Inflation has receded to its lowest level since nearly four years ago, [...]

According to the US Department of Agriculture, US veal production for January through July 2024 totaled 23.5 million pounds, down from 27.1 million pounds for the same period in 2023. [...]

As we enter the final quarter of 2024, consumers may not be optimistic, and they're definitely being cautious when it comes to food spending. According to the August 2024 Consumer [...]

OKLAHOMA CITY--Liquid smoke has a long history in the production of smoked meat products, and it can offer some benefits over traditional smoking methods. During the 2024 Reciprocal Meat Conference […]

In this issue, we celebrate the Meat Industry Hall of Fame's newly inducted Class of 2023. Past inductees along with family members, students, friends and colleagues of this year's inductees […]

It's back-to-school time across the US. Nearly 30 million students eat school lunch every day, according to the School Nutrition Association. When it comes to school lunch, 82% of parents […]

The 52 weeks from June 2023 to June 24 saw total deli category sales hit $54.9 billion, with dollar sales and pounds sold both up by 3.1% and 2.7%, respectively, […]

A key consideration for meat and poultry processors is designing and maintaining a storage and warehousing food safety system. Meat and poultry processors and distributors shipping products should assess and [...]

As post-pandemic changes in the way Americans interface with foodservice settle in to long-term dining habits, Applebee's on date night increasingly ain't nothin' but a Walker Hayes tune - or [...]

GUYMON, Okla.--The Oklahoma panhandle has been home to Seaboard Foods for nearly three decades, and the company's recent expansion at its 950,000-square-foot pork processing plant there follows up a major [...]

I had the pleasure of paying a visit to The National Provisioner's 2024 Processor of the Year Seaboard Foods earlier this year. To get to their Guymon, Okla.-based plant, I [...]

Although retail food price inflation has cooled a bit after three years of steady increases, food prices remain elevated compared with even just a couple of years prior. That pricing [...]

ENHANCED OPERATIONAL AGILITY FUELS CO-PACKING AND PRIVATE-LABEL PROJECTS. Zimmerman Quality Meats is a local meat processor, providing its community with conventional retail meats as well as slaughter and processing services, [...]

Several of the recent The Power of Meat 2024 survey's Top 10 takeaways are relevant for products in the meat snacks category in particular: * Shopping for meat/poultry is a [...]

CATEGORY'S BRAND EQUITY REMAINS STRONGEST AMONG GEN Z AND MILLENNIAL CONSUMERS. The meat/fish/poultry category accounts for 4% of the market for organic food products in the US, according to the [...]

AQUACULTURE STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL AIMS TO TRANSFORM SEAFOOD FARMING GLOBALLY. The Aquaculture Stewardship Council works with partners to transform seafood farming globally and promote the best environmental and social aquaculture performance [...]

EAST COAST SUPPLIER BALDOR SPECIALTY FOODS HAS SEEN A SPIKE IN INTEREST IN FRESHWATER FISH, PARTICULARLY TROUT. One of the trends in specialty seafood technically isn't from the sea: it's [...]

While The National Provisioner's bread and butter is meat and poultry, the seafood marketplace has a lot of overlap with other proteins. As an option for center-of-plate meal solutions, seafood [...]

THE AVERAGE PRICE PER POUND FOR FRESH SEAFOOD REMAINS HIGHER THAN FOR OTHER PROTEINS. The seafood category began 2024 with prices down for frozen and fresh shellfish, according to Circana [...]

Based in Savannah, Ga., Roger Wood Foods is a third-generation family-owned-and-operated food processing company with a primary emphasis on smoked sausage and savory smoked meats. Roger Wood started the company [...]

U.S. pork production is forecast to hit 27.2 billion pounds for 2023, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's November 2023 U.S. red meat and poultry forecast, marking a slight [...]

Among the top priorities for suppliers and handlers of meat and poultry products is keeping their cool--literally. Ensuring access to adequate cooling capacity is a key consideration for processors and [...]

Throughout 2023, the U.S. economy has enjoyed solid consumer demand, but robust consumer spending appears positioned to decline. Households that had built up cash savings during the pandemic (thanks in [...]

The longstanding world heavyweight champions of consumer spending--U.S. shoppers--appear ready to start pulling their punches. Consumer sentiment has taken a decidedly pessimistic turn, with bargain hunting and switching to private-label [...]

LAS VEGAS--According to PMMI research, economic uncertainty and high interest rates have led to conservative spending for packaging equipment by many end-users. PMMI's Vice President, Market Development, Jorge Izquierdo provided [...]

Businesses and consumers are still making their way through the post-COVID hangover fog. While supply chain issues have improved generally and food price inflation largely appears to have plateaued for [...]

While bacon can boast enduring popularity--with broad consumer appeal including an almost cult-like status for some bacon fans as evidenced by National Bacon Lover's Day on Aug. 20--deflation persists for [...]

Bryan Butler is co-owner of Austin, Texas-based Salt & Time: Butcher Shop and Salumeria with Ben Runkle, who in 2010 began selling the first artisan dry-cured meats produced in Texas [...]

The goal of regenerative agricultural practices is to promote not only climate change mitigation but also improved productivity and profitability for producers as their soil regains fertility and resiliency. The [...]

For our August issue, The National Provisioner's eMagazine is covering a lot of ground. First off, make sure to check out our Cover Story: The Deli report 2023 for the [...]

Ongoing food price inflation has the beleaguered American consumer generally feeling a little stressed out, tired and less than secure about their economic status and outlook. Yet despite all that, [...]

This year's Top 100 list finds some of the biggest names in the meat and poultry business continuing the past couple of years of strong growth. And while recent retail [...]

The marketplace for plant-based meat alternatives is sending mixed messages. On one hand, retail sales for plant-based meat analogs are limp, with combined sales for refrigerated and frozen plant-based meat [...]

The U.S. is a sizeable chunk of real estate, and depending upon your latitude it may just be starting to feel like spring or it may be starting to feel [...]

One of the keys to the burger's enduring popularity is the iconic American patty's wide open possibilities for creativity. At the Backdoor Grill in Steamboat Springs, Colo., the menu's lineup [...]

Although it might not feel like it yet in many parts of the country, spring is right around the corner. For many Americans, that means it's about to be backyard [...]

The Kuna Idaho-based American Ostrich Farms' journey to becoming a nationwide supplier of value-added exotic-yet-assessable ostrich meat products began in 2012, when company founder Alex McCoy was living in South [...]

Coming off two strong sales years, seafood saw dollar and pound declines in 2022. Pounds declined just under 15% and fell below 2019 levels, according to IRI retail sales data. [...]

Olson Farms/TD Angus is developing a 45,000-head sustainable beef cattle feeding operation near North Platte, Neb. 'We're always just looking to be more efficient, more profitable,' said Trey Wasserburger, Olson [...]

In this month's edition, The National Provisioner is taking a look at the overall seafood market outlook for 2023, with a focus on aquaculture and innovations in sushi. In our [...]

DELI STAR'S 'PEOPLE-FIRST' APPROACH Deli Star Corp., a deli and sous-vide meat supplier to consumer packaged goods brands, foodservice and retail, added more than 100 new employees to its operations [...]

CHIEF EDITOR The members of the Meat Industry Hall of Fame's Class of 2022 exemplify not just a depth and breadth of knowledge in meat science, product development and food [...]

Let's kickoff The National Provisioner's first issue of 2023 on a high note by congratulating the Meat Industry Hall of Fame's Class of 2022! Learn more about six stories of [...]