Business Coverage

Cattle Buyers Weekly each week provides detailed business coverage of the meat and livestock industry. This coverage includes reports on structural changes and financial performance. Subjects covered include:

• examination of cattle feeding margins

• mergers and acquisitions in the cattle feeding sector

• mergers and acquisitions involving meat companies, retailers, foodservice companies, restaurant chains and others

• latest E-commerce developments

• meat plant developments, expansions and closures

• weekly reports of packing industry profit margins

• quarterly financial results of meat companies, retailers, foodservice companies, restaurant chains and others

• company profiles

• key personnel changes within the industry

• meat marketing and new product development.

• global trade issues

Here’s an excerpt from a recent story.

The move to case-ready beef gets a huge boost with Wal-Mart’s decision to stock the product in 180 stores. The nation’s second largest grocer will start using case-ready (CR) product in April. Wal-Mart joins No. 1 grocery chain Kroger in introducing case-ready. Its decision will accelerate the meat industry into producing CR beef on a massive scale. In addition, Wal-Mart expects to move almost as fast to case-ready pork in its 180 stores. Wal-Mart’s embrace of case-ready represents the single biggest change in the history of meat retailing. CR beef could account for more than 50% of U.S. retail sales in five years time, say observers.

Cattle Buyers Weekly, March 13, 2000

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