Curtis Frank, the chief executive officer for Maple Leaf Foods, said that he expects the facility to ramp up by the end of 2023.

Earlier this year, Tyson announced it would close two other facilities in Van Buren, Ark., and Glen Allen, Va., which were expected to result in approximately 1,700 lost jobs.

According to T&T, the 76,000-square-foot location will be the largest Asian supermarket in Washington and create more than 300 jobs.

The awards went to Amcor’s McCoy dunnage free IBC liners for bulk liquid aseptic products and its Perflex S grab-n-go shrink bags for meat and poultry.

The Pork segment reported net sales of $595 million in the second quarter, about a 10% decrease over the same quarter in 2020, which totaled $663 million. 

Across all its businesses, Pilgrim’s is pushing for improved sustainability, whether through energy savings at production sites, overall emissions-reductions or innovative farming technology.

In its update, the trade association noted that California’s impending Proposition 12 would create significant challenges and market uncertainty for pig farmers around the United States.

Part of Oracle’s fresh management APIs and extensions are sensors that can monitor products that are close to expiration.

FSIS, public health and regulatory officials continue collecting data to identify the source of a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul linked to ground beef. 

In the short term, grocery retailers will need to get creative to keep fresh meat sales strong under intense inflationary pressures. Longer-term, supermarkets need to make sure they keep their eyes fixed on the youngest consumers and their (very different) meat buying patterns.