Cargill Rolls Out Ground Beef Information Initiatives for Consumers

Cargill wants consumers to have access to more information about ground beef.  Consumer research conducted over the past year led to an initiative that includes an array of informational tools ranging from enhanced labeling on ground beef products in the meat case, to more fact-based material online, as well as a pre-printed, on-pack, quick response (QR) code for mobile devices. “Based on dialogue we had with consumers and retailers, Cargill designed these ground beef communications initiatives to provide information that enhances consumer awareness about ground beef products regarding how they are made and used,” said John Keating, president of Cargill’s Wichita-based beef business. Cargill’s ground beef information initiative includes:

Keating added, “More than ever, consumers are interested in how the food they eat is produced, and we are committed to providing industry leadership with a greater level of transparency.  We are supplying consumers with information that should give them complete confidence in the quality, nutrition, flavor and affordability of the ground beef they feed their families.  That’s important to them, which makes it important to us, and it is what the category leader needs to be doing.” Additional materials are under development for rollout in the months leading up to the 2014 hamburger-grilling season that traditionally begins with the Memorial Day holiday weekend in May.