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apcowboy · apcowboy

Beef Prices to Rise as Production SlowsSupermarket NewsAug 22, 2011 12:00 PM WASHINGTON — Beef production will probably begin to decline during the second half of 2011, and smaller calf crops this year and next year will be leading to tighter supplies, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Econo...

apcowboy · apcowboy

Retailers Commit to Open Stores in Food DesertsSupermarket News Jul 25, 2011 12:00 PM, By ELLIOT ZWIEBACH WASHINGTON — Several retailers committed last week to open or expand 1,500 stores in underserved communities across the U.S. and to make affordable, healthier food options more accessible....

apcowboy · apcowboy

Cub Foods Launches Value Meal ContestSep 7, 2011 4:45 PM, By SN STAFF STILLWATER, Minn. — Supervalu-owned Cub Foods here has launched a social media contest called "Plenty Fresh for Plenty Less." Customers can enter by submitting creative meal ideas using fresh ingredients that can be purchased...

apcowboy · apcowboy

Winn-Dixie Opens New FormatSupermarket NewsAug 8, 2011 12:00 PM APOPKA, Fla. — Winn-Dixie Stores last week announced the completion of its first “transformational” remodel in the Central Florida region. The store here features a new entrance with a farmers' market-style outdoor area leading...

apcowboy · apcowboy

SPOTLIGHT ON SERVICESupermarket NewsAug 22, 2011 12:00 PM, By ROSEANNE HARPER Meat department service counters have become an important point of difference for independents and supermarket chains alike. Underscoring service in the supermarket meat department pays off. Meat cutters, ne...

apcowboy · apcowboy

LETS TAKE TIME TO REMEMBER IN PRAYER AND NEVER FORGET THOSE THAT FELL.

apcowboy · apcowboy

Four More Distinguish Members of our Industry has join us. Doug Piper of Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) http://www.mla.com.au/home Darryl Hatchett of http://www.pacificmeat.com.au/Steve Carmichael of http://www.uppercuts.com.au/ Peter Mosqui...

apcowboy · apcowboy

I think it may be worth your time to view these.

apcowboy · apcowboy

Wonder if the meat man is going to get any credit this time LOL Guess like they say, when Hell freezes over.Call for Entries Now Available The 2011 Retail Beef Backer Awards are seeking supermarket retailers who have gone the extra mile to market and merchandise beef through execution of outstandin...

apcowboy · apcowboy

Industry News - AMFewer beef promotions hint at softer demand, pricing By Meatingplace Editors on 9/9/2011 Grocers may move less beef in the coming weeks after favoring pork in promotions, which could also lead to softer beef pricing, research by Deutsche Bank suggests. Beef took a backseat to p...

apcowboy · apcowboy

Industry News - AMExclusive interview with Temple Grandin By Michael Fielding on 9/8/2011 A GOOD READ !! Increasingly, small pork processors are adopting a simple – and affordable – dual electrical stunning method that may be the most humane than ever before and is being promoted by some of the mo...

apcowboy · apcowboy

Industry News - AMNew documentary “American Meat” focuses on alternative production By Chris Scott on 9/6/2011 If the American meat industry doesn’t feel like it’s in the middle of a crisis, its protagonists probably haven’t seen the new film “American Meat.” The feature-length documentar...

FemaleCutter96 · FemaleCutter96

Do all you cutters on here still have all the fingers God gave you? If you dont and its not too painful to retell, spill your story!

kbraker510 · -

Has this ever happened to you. you come in the morning and see tags missing from the lower priced meat? I used to see it all the time they would some how get the tags off the cheaper stuff and stick it over the expensive stuff and say themselves a bunch of money. I get so pissed when this happens I always th...

thesouthern_bell · thesouthern_bell

Do you get the days off you want, do you get two in a row, do you have the same off days every week. Not bitching, I have a manager that does try to give me two days off together, It really helps me with my kids, having to set appts. some weeks he can't but two off in a row really helps

apcowboy · apcowboy

yesterday while in a meat shop in atlanta, Ga. I was asked this question again, Are you a Master Butcher, My reply is No, I'm a certified journeyman meat cutter. I was certified in 1972, Atlanta, Ga. by the Amalgamated local 442 . At the time of my certification I had been a meat cutter of 13 years, a c...

apcowboy · apcowboy

our brother quadangle from down under in Townsville Australia sent me this little note and said to share it with members. hey apcowboy, My wife and I are travelling Australia at the moment. I have been doing a bit of gold prospecting with a bit of sucsess and hope to find lots more in next 2 years of trav...

J-Mansell · J-Mansell

OMG!!!! 1st of the month, plus last big holiday weekend of summer! I am only 1 meatcutter with a little help from sub-par cutters trying to keep up, I thought I cut heavy yesterday, LOL, 31st did 4k not much for 1 person to handle but then comes the 1st 11k in volume, today I could not cut enough, not break,...

irish squirrel · irish squirrel

Have to ask this for everyone out there, as this happened to me. When I started out in the grocery/ meat business, the grocery store had a ritual for the rookies to go through. Kinda like a initiation. I had to either drink a cup of water out of the commode, eat a lb of fresh Gr beef, or eat a unlabeled jar of ba...

apcowboy · apcowboy

this morning about 8:30 I let my wife's German Shepherd back in from doing his business, he was fine and his self. about 15 mins later I was drinking coffee and watching the morning news. I heard him coming from the kitchen and to my left where I was sitting, I turn and looked at him, he looked at me and then h...

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	Beef Prices to Rise as Production Slows (Preview) Beef Prices to Rise as Production SlowsSupermarket NewsAug 22, 2011 12:00 PM WASHINGTON — Beef production will probably begin to decline during the second half of 2011, and smaller calf crops this year and next year will be leading to tighter supplies, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Econo...	apcowboy	0	445	Sep 10, 2011 by apcowboy
	Open or expand 1,500 stores (Preview) Retailers Commit to Open Stores in Food DesertsSupermarket News Jul 25, 2011 12:00 PM, By ELLIOT ZWIEBACH WASHINGTON — Several retailers committed last week to open or expand 1,500 stores in underserved communities across the U.S. and to make affordable, healthier food options more accessible....	apcowboy	0	557	Sep 10, 2011 by apcowboy
	a creative meal idea (Preview) Cub Foods Launches Value Meal ContestSep 7, 2011 4:45 PM, By SN STAFF STILLWATER, Minn. — Supervalu-owned Cub Foods here has launched a social media contest called "Plenty Fresh for Plenty Less." Customers can enter by submitting creative meal ideas using fresh ingredients that can be purchased...	apcowboy	1	478	Sep 10, 2011 by apcowboy
	Winn-Dixie Opens New Format (Preview) Winn-Dixie Opens New FormatSupermarket NewsAug 8, 2011 12:00 PM APOPKA, Fla. — Winn-Dixie Stores last week announced the completion of its first “transformational” remodel in the Central Florida region. The store here features a new entrance with a farmers' market-style outdoor area leading...	apcowboy	0	496	Sep 10, 2011 by apcowboy
	Spotlight On Service (Preview) SPOTLIGHT ON SERVICESupermarket NewsAug 22, 2011 12:00 PM, By ROSEANNE HARPER Meat department service counters have become an important point of difference for independents and supermarket chains alike. Underscoring service in the supermarket meat department pays off. Meat cutters, ne...	apcowboy	0	599	Sep 10, 2011 by apcowboy
	NEVER FORGET !!!!!!! (Preview) LETS TAKE TIME TO REMEMBER IN PRAYER AND NEVER FORGET THOSE THAT FELL.	apcowboy	3	520	Sep 10, 2011 by Traveling Meatman
	Four More Distinguish Member of our Industry has join us. (Preview) Four More Distinguish Members of our Industry has join us. Doug Piper of Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) http://www.mla.com.au/home Darryl Hatchett of http://www.pacificmeat.com.au/Steve Carmichael of http://www.uppercuts.com.au/ Peter Mosqui...	apcowboy	6	746	Sep 10, 2011 by Traveling Meatman
	"Humane Animal Slaughter" (Preview) I think it may be worth your time to view these.	apcowboy	2	483	Sep 10, 2011 by littlebit_of_pleasure
	the extra mile to market and merchandise beef (Preview) Wonder if the meat man is going to get any credit this time LOL Guess like they say, when Hell freezes over.Call for Entries Now Available The 2011 Retail Beef Backer Awards are seeking supermarket retailers who have gone the extra mile to market and merchandise beef through execution of outstandin...	apcowboy	2	606	Sep 10, 2011 by littlebit_of_pleasure
	Fewer beef promotions (Preview) Industry News - AMFewer beef promotions hint at softer demand, pricing By Meatingplace Editors on 9/9/2011 Grocers may move less beef in the coming weeks after favoring pork in promotions, which could also lead to softer beef pricing, research by Deutsche Bank suggests. Beef took a backseat to p...	apcowboy	3	553	Sep 9, 2011 by knifelady
	Exclusive interview with Temple Grandin (Preview) Industry News - AMExclusive interview with Temple Grandin By Michael Fielding on 9/8/2011 A GOOD READ !! Increasingly, small pork processors are adopting a simple – and affordable – dual electrical stunning method that may be the most humane than ever before and is being promoted by some of the mo...	apcowboy	0	510	Sep 9, 2011 by apcowboy
	New documentary “American Meat” (Preview) Industry News - AMNew documentary “American Meat” focuses on alternative production By Chris Scott on 9/6/2011 If the American meat industry doesn’t feel like it’s in the middle of a crisis, its protagonists probably haven’t seen the new film “American Meat.” The feature-length documentar...	apcowboy	0	553	Sep 9, 2011 by apcowboy
	Always wanted to ask... (Preview) Do all you cutters on here still have all the fingers God gave you? If you dont and its not too painful to retell, spill your story!	FemaleCutter96	13	699	Sep 9, 2011 by -
	shop lifters removing tags? (Preview) Has this ever happened to you. you come in the morning and see tags missing from the lower priced meat? I used to see it all the time they would some how get the tags off the cheaper stuff and stick it over the expensive stuff and say themselves a bunch of money. I get so pissed when this happens I always th...	-	1	474	Sep 8, 2011 by kbraker510
	I have one (Preview) Do you get the days off you want, do you get two in a row, do you have the same off days every week. Not bitching, I have a manager that does try to give me two days off together, It really helps me with my kids, having to set appts. some weeks he can't but two off in a row really helps	thesouthern_bell	13	618	Sep 8, 2011 by hjb1309
	Are you a Master Butcher (Preview) yesterday while in a meat shop in atlanta, Ga. I was asked this question again, Are you a Master Butcher, My reply is No, I'm a certified journeyman meat cutter. I was certified in 1972, Atlanta, Ga. by the Amalgamated local 442 . At the time of my certification I had been a meat cutter of 13 years, a c...	apcowboy	19	3457	Sep 8, 2011 by Pete the Meat
	A note from down under (Preview) our brother quadangle from down under in Townsville Australia sent me this little note and said to share it with members. hey apcowboy, My wife and I are travelling Australia at the moment. I have been doing a bit of gold prospecting with a bit of sucsess and hope to find lots more in next 2 years of trav...	apcowboy	0	533	Sep 8, 2011 by apcowboy
	Is Labor Day weekend kicking your butt? (Preview) OMG!!!! 1st of the month, plus last big holiday weekend of summer! I am only 1 meatcutter with a little help from sub-par cutters trying to keep up, I thought I cut heavy yesterday, LOL, 31st did 4k not much for 1 person to handle but then comes the 1st 11k in volume, today I could not cut enough, not break,...	J-Mansell	18	799	Sep 8, 2011 by kingofcubes
	Got hazed? (Preview) Have to ask this for everyone out there, as this happened to me. When I started out in the grocery/ meat business, the grocery store had a ritual for the rookies to go through. Kinda like a initiation. I had to either drink a cup of water out of the commode, eat a lb of fresh Gr beef, or eat a unlabeled jar of ba...	irish squirrel	16	1784	Sep 8, 2011 by kingofcubes
	I buried a old friend today (Preview) this morning about 8:30 I let my wife's German Shepherd back in from doing his business, he was fine and his self. about 15 mins later I was drinking coffee and watching the morning news. I heard him coming from the kitchen and to my left where I was sitting, I turn and looked at him, he looked at me and then h...	apcowboy	8	551	Sep 7, 2011 by Blockman
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