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Smithfield Foods Completes Purchase of Dry Sausage Facility from Cargill
Smithfield Foods has completed its purchase of a premier dry sausage production facility in Nashville, Tennessee, from Cargill. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
The transaction fuels Smithfield’s strategy of continued growth in the value-added packaged meats segment, adding dry sausage production capacity of 50 million pounds per year. Production from the Nashville facility will support Smithfield’s existing portfolio of dry sausage brands including Margherita, Carando and Armour.
“With the added capacity from this facility, Smithfield is poised to continue to expand our packaged meats business in the...
Coleman All Natural Meats Introduces New Ground Sausage with Five Exciting Flavors
Coleman All Natural Meats, the leading legacy all-natural meat brand since 1875, today announced the launch of its new ground pork sausage in five flavors that meet trending taste buds – mild sweet Italian, hot Italian, chorizo, mild breakfast and hot breakfast. These ground sausage varieties give consumers versatile options for breakfast, lunch and dinner. According to the Power of Meat 2024 report, ground pork sales were 2.6 billion pounds in 2023 with sales at $8.0 billion while breakfast sausage sales were 481 million and $2.3...
Taylor's Sausage, Inc. Recalls Ready-To-Eat Landjaeger Sausage Products
Taylor's Sausage, Inc., a Cave Junction, Ore., establishment, is recalling approximately 74 pounds of ready-to-eat Landjaeger sausage products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The product contains soy, a known allergen, which is not declared on the product label.
The shelf-stable, ready-to-eat Landjaeger sausages were produced on Dec. 8, 2023, and packaged on Dec. 19, 2023. The following products are subject to recall:
Travis Kelce Launches Travis Kelce's Kitchen, a Line of Game-Changing Refrigerated Entrees
Travis Kelce, one of the greatest tight ends of all time and a staple of the Kansas City Chiefs since 2013, is taking his love for Kansas City BBQ to a whole new level. With the launch of Travis Kelce's Kitchen, his own line of flavorful refrigerated entrees, Kelce aims to share his passion for great food, especially the hearty BBQ that Kansas City is famous for. This new line features seven of his favorite dishes inspired...
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