The University of Florida’s Department of Animal Sciences faculty works closely with industry groups including several livestock associations, Florida Farm Bureau, and others to develop educational programs for their members.
As operators trim lunch menus, commodity offerings are losing out to options perceived healthier, more convenient, more sustainable and more unique in their flavor profiles.
Chipotle’s organic tofu Sofritas, Panera Bread’s Mediterranean Veggie Sandwich and Burger King’s BK Veggie burger are all popular and all lacking one thing: meat, which isn’t an accident.
This year’s Top 100 meat and poultry processors report features more billion-dollar companies than ever before, and for the first time, every single company on the list has sales of $100 million or more.
Sausage may not have bacon’s cult appeal, but it has proven surprisingly resilient to shifting consumer taste and health preferences, and the size of their wallets.
Companies looking for a successful 2015 should concentrate on what they do best. For some, that may mean narrowing their focus. For others, it could mean broadening their horizons.