Meat Archive
Carbon Monoxide Meat Treatment Facing Scrutiny Again
WASHINGTON — The leaders of two Congressional committees have asked Pleasanton, Calif.-based Safeway to defend the practice of selling meat treated with carbon monoxide, a gas that retards spoilage and causes meat to appear fresher longer. ...
Shoppers Help Pick New Ground Beef Packaging Name at Stop & Shop/Giant Food
QUINCY, Mass. — Shoppers of Stop & Shop here and sister Ahold company Giant Food, Landover, Md., helped the chains select “New Smarter Package” as the name of their recently introduced ground beef packaging, said Andrea Astrachan, vice president of consumer affairs for both chains. ...
SUMMER CATCH
The summer grilling season is well under way, boosting business in meat and poultry departments throughout the country. But seafood departments aren't...
Writing a New Chapter
Don't look now, but Winn-Dixie has some momentum. The results went from pretty bad to pretty good, pretty suddenly, Andrew Wolf, an industry analyst with...
NFI Completes Merger With Tuna Foundation
WASHINGTON — The National Fisheries Institute last week completed its merger with the U.S. Tuna Foundation. ...
Beef Recall Expands in West
LOS ANGELES — United Food Group expanded a voluntary recall of ground beef products after state of California health officials raised unspecified concerns about the additional meat....
Price Chopper to Generate Meat Orders Via Computer
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Price Chopper Supermarkets here will be applying its computer-generated ordering system to the meat departments at all of its 115 stores by the end of June, according to Mark Chandler, vice president, supply chain integration. ...
A&P Launches Premium Gold Angus Beef
NEW YORK — A&P yesterday launched a new line of Premium Gold Angus Beef, becoming the exclusive Northeastern retailer of products from Austin, Texas-based PGA Beef, a supplier of genetically certified Black Angus products....
FUEL INEFFICIENCIES
At first glance, ethanol looks like a cure to all of America's energy woes. Since it's made from plants, it's a renewable resource. And advocates say...
Focused
Even as it operates a network of more than 1,300 stores stretching all the way from St. John's in Newfoundland to Fort St. John in British Columbia, Sobeys...
