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Mart · Mart

Not sure how far back this baby dates, but I'm thinking the 20's since my wife's grandfather opened his butcher shop in 1920. I thought I'd take a crack at restoring it, since everything worked. Only real problem is the blade. It has a 1.5" crack from the edge in toward the center. Can't find a...

Art Watts · Art Watts

Since 1937 the same family has operated a restaurant at our present location. The existing building was built in 1964. For the time being I regret to say we canned the rail meat program due to the low cost of high quality box beef as opposed to the relatively high cost of lower end rail beef (3.00 vs 2.00)...

Ryan Stewart · Ryan Stewart

Shortage of Meat Processing Plant Workers Expected to Be More Apparent as New Trade Agreements Take Effect The Director of International Trade, Government and Media Relations with the Canadian Meat Council, says, as new free trade agreements come into force, lost opportunities in Canada's...

Coalcracker · Coalcracker

Meat Cutters & Meat Wrappers ; there are now 27 states in this country that exceed the minimum federal wage of $7.25 per hour. Therefore when approaching the subject of more wage per our for yourselves keep this in mind. Use it as a leverage in your communications with management if you feel your ho...

apcowboy · apcowboy

Canadian Meat Council Applauds Planned Federal Review of Changes to Canada's Foreign Worker Program The federal government has announced plans to launch a full-scale review of the recently revised Temporary Foreign Worker ProgramFeb 22 - Ron Davidson, the Director of International Tra...

apcowboy · apcowboy

Slaughter houses ordered to install camerasAiming to curb abuse cases at the country’s slaughterhouses, the Israeli’s Agriculture Ministry has ordered the installation of cameras at all facilities. The devices will stream live footage to a central ministry control room, reports the Jerusale...

Meat Monkey · Meat Monkey

Have any of you seen the new USDA Ground Beef rules? The record keeping is going to be unreal. It's going to change the way we do business and for many small retail shops, its going to be impossible to keep grinding fresh in store... New rules go into effect June 1st. Word has already come down from our corp...

apcowboy · apcowboy

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Coalcracker · Coalcracker

Enigma defined; a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand. Likewise I classify "case ready as such". In the latest poll taken by Fdarn it shows that case ready is a pressing issue facing meat cutters today along with labor shortage. Rightly so I'm sure, bu...

ButcherD · -

If you were the person in charge who makes the rules that affect Meat Cutters and Meat Departments, what policies would you put into effect and what policies would you abolish and why? Consider this at both store/shop/plant level AND Government level.

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This is a Poll. Please select your best answer. There is no "All of the Above" option because I want to pin point one specific issue that we find the most pressing. You may also comment below. We want to hear your thoughts.

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ButcherD · ButcherD

apcowboy · apcowboy

THINK HE WILL BE LATE AGAIN ????

apcowboy · apcowboy

apcowboy · apcowboy

H.R. 3187: PRIME Act Update Feb 12, 2016 — New CosponsorH.R. 3187: PRIME ActNew Cosponsor: Rep. Raúl Labrador [R-ID1]The bill now has 20 cosponsors (15 Republicans, 5 Democrats). https://www.congress.gov/…/114th-congr…/house-bill/3187/text

apcowboy · apcowboy

WHEN will our meat industry wake up and promote America meat cutters into this competition?? OR when will the meat cutters of America wake up and demand they promote us s

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	Before and After (Preview) Not sure how far back this baby dates, but I'm thinking the 20's since my wife's grandfather opened his butcher shop in 1920. I thought I'd take a crack at restoring it, since everything worked. Only real problem is the blade. It has a 1.5" crack from the edge in toward the center. Can't find a...	Mart	13	1476	Mar 3, 2016 by Mart
	JB's Drive In Greeley, Colorado (Preview) Since 1937 the same family has operated a restaurant at our present location. The existing building was built in 1964. For the time being I regret to say we canned the rail meat program due to the low cost of high quality box beef as opposed to the relatively high cost of lower end rail beef (3.00 vs 2.00)...	Art Watts	1	818	Mar 3, 2016 by Ryan Stewart
	Shortage of Meat Workers Expected to Be More Apparent as New Trade Agreements Take Effect (Preview) Shortage of Meat Processing Plant Workers Expected to Be More Apparent as New Trade Agreements Take Effect The Director of International Trade, Government and Media Relations with the Canadian Meat Council, says, as new free trade agreements come into force, lost opportunities in Canada's...	Ryan Stewart	0	755	Mar 3, 2016 by Ryan Stewart
	Twenty Seven States Now Offer Minimum Wages Above the National Rate (Preview) Meat Cutters & Meat Wrappers ; there are now 27 states in this country that exceed the minimum federal wage of $7.25 per hour. Therefore when approaching the subject of more wage per our for yourselves keep this in mind. Use it as a leverage in your communications with management if you feel your ho...	Coalcracker	0	736	Feb 27, 2016 by Coalcracker
	Canadian Meat Council Planned Federal Review to Canada's Foreign Worker Program (Preview) Canadian Meat Council Applauds Planned Federal Review of Changes to Canada's Foreign Worker Program The federal government has announced plans to launch a full-scale review of the recently revised Temporary Foreign Worker ProgramFeb 22 - Ron Davidson, the Director of International Tra...	apcowboy	0	728	Feb 25, 2016 by apcowboy
	Slaughter houses ordered to install cameras (Preview) Slaughter houses ordered to install camerasAiming to curb abuse cases at the country’s slaughterhouses, the Israeli’s Agriculture Ministry has ordered the installation of cameras at all facilities. The devices will stream live footage to a central ministry control room, reports the Jerusale...	apcowboy	0	744	Feb 25, 2016 by apcowboy
	New USDA Ground Beef Traceability Rules. (Preview) Have any of you seen the new USDA Ground Beef rules? The record keeping is going to be unreal. It's going to change the way we do business and for many small retail shops, its going to be impossible to keep grinding fresh in store... New rules go into effect June 1st. Word has already come down from our corp...	Meat Monkey	18	2196	Feb 22, 2016 by Coalcracker
	GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, HAVE A GREAT DAY (Preview) x	apcowboy	0	775	Feb 22, 2016 by apcowboy
	The Case Ready Enigma (Preview) Enigma defined; a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand. Likewise I classify "case ready as such". In the latest poll taken by Fdarn it shows that case ready is a pressing issue facing meat cutters today along with labor shortage. Rightly so I'm sure, bu...	Coalcracker	2	953	Feb 18, 2016 by Mainemeatman
	What would you do to make things better for Meat Cutters? (Preview) If you were the person in charge who makes the rules that affect Meat Cutters and Meat Departments, what policies would you put into effect and what policies would you abolish and why? Consider this at both store/shop/plant level AND Government level.	-	15	1081	Feb 17, 2016 by ButcherD
	What do you think are the most pressing issues facing Meat Cutters today? #meat cutters #butchers (Preview) This is a Poll. Please select your best answer. There is no "All of the Above" option because I want to pin point one specific issue that we find the most pressing. You may also comment below. We want to hear your thoughts.	-	3	925	Feb 16, 2016 by -
	Opportunities (Preview)	apcowboy	1	831	Feb 16, 2016 by ChefLazar5
	Attitude (Preview)	apcowboy	1	817	Feb 16, 2016 by Geno
	Work Ethic (Preview)	apcowboy	1	745	Feb 16, 2016 by Geno
	Success (Preview)	apcowboy	0	749	Feb 15, 2016 by apcowboy
	HAPPY V-DAY (Preview)	ButcherD	0	792	Feb 14, 2016 by ButcherD
	WHAT YOU THINK ??? (Preview) THINK HE WILL BE LATE AGAIN ????	apcowboy	2	1058	Feb 14, 2016 by JohnnyWatts
	DON'T FORGET THE TOP TEN (Preview)	apcowboy	3	1081	Feb 14, 2016 by Mainemeatman
	H.R. 3187: PRIME Act Update (Preview) H.R. 3187: PRIME Act Update Feb 12, 2016 — New CosponsorH.R. 3187: PRIME ActNew Cosponsor: Rep. Raúl Labrador [R-ID1]The bill now has 20 cosponsors (15 Republicans, 5 Democrats). https://www.congress.gov/…/114th-congr…/house-bill/3187/text	apcowboy	0	934	Feb 14, 2016 by apcowboy
	WHEN will our meat industry wake up (Preview) WHEN will our meat industry wake up and promote America meat cutters into this competition?? OR when will the meat cutters of America wake up and demand they promote us s	apcowboy	4	1278	Feb 13, 2016 by Mainemeatman
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