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Coalcracker · Coalcracker

One night in the late 1960s, Eugene Gagliardi was lying awake in bed trying to figure out how to save his company. He was thinking about the Philly cheesesteak. Gagliardi ran a family business that sold hamburgers and other meat to restaurant chains in the Philadelphia area. But within the span of a fe...

Coalcracker · Coalcracker

One of our goals here at the Meat Cutters Club is to brain storm new ideas that can help us in our jobs, help us to navigate policies and laws that sometimes are too stringent and make our duties more complicated. Of course the "new ground beef and trim record keeping policy" is one of those challenges. T...

Sunday · Sunday

Well I am making a move. I have been offered a job at Safeway and they will pay me 30 cents more to be a cutter. Right now I am running a department that brings in $60K a week. Sales are up from last year 16% and they are paying me a salary of $22.50 for a 40 hour work week that is really a 55 hour work week. Safewa...

alive · alive

Any buddy have a in on a good meat shop in the Edmonton area,Not looking for a retail store.Looking for a good quailty meat store that cares for their customers.Let me know.Thanks

rlrw3 · -

Today, we received this question in email. "Hi there, I curious as to appropriate cuts of beef for making beef sausages. I'm been offered a good deal (via a friend at a local meat processing plant) on boneless beef plate, boneless chuck, and packer briskets. Does beef plate work for sausage? I usually...

Bunzl Processor Division · Bunzl Processor Division

Join us on Facebook to watch a LIVE video, as two Multivac experts demonstrate the Multivac P-600 double-chamber vacuum machine. They'll give an overview of the machine, talk about the benefits of using a double-chamber machine vs. a single-chamber, demonstrate packaging various foods, and the...

Meat Monkey · Meat Monkey

Question: Does your store pay the 2nd Man/ assistant meat manager more than a regular cutter? For the last several years I worked in a very busy store where I was just one of about 5 cutters. I recently transferred to a store where I am the only cutter (besides the manager). I now run the shop 5 weeks a year,...

Jason19991 · Jason19991

Starting in June we will have to make daily logs on the ground meat we do. Anyone doing this already?

Burgermeister · Burgermeister

Have you ever asked a customer to not shop at your store anymore?

Coalcracker · Coalcracker

There is no doubt we meat cutters often dream about our work. However many of our dreams are never interpreted for us to understand the meaning of them. So with a little help from an "unknown soothsayer", I will tell you the meaning of your meat related dreams. Dreaming about...

HuBBs · HuBBs

So in a couple of weeks or maybe less, the feds are enforcing a new policy involving meat grinding logs. I have read over the whole damn thing and it irritates the hell out of me. Its going to waste so much damn time of our day to follow through on that crap. I understand why but jesus. Any thoughts on the...

bobthebutcher · bobthebutcher

I want to get some opinion's on some wholesale processing. Im about to take on a project of where one company slaughter's and quarter's the beef and we further process. I have worked at some big places and have done HACCP for a long time. My thought is to hang the quarter's/or sides for 14-21 days then pro...

butcher29 · butcher29

Another quality thread..lol.......who hear scraps both sides??...I personally do

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I got this question in the club email today. Is anyone familiar with this? Is it maybe Bone In Top Sirloin? "I live in Coffeeville Al. I cannot find horsehead sirloin steaks, need help finding a vendor that can supply.I use eat horseheads 20 years ago, and miss them. Many thanks" -- Edited by fdarn on S...

Coalcracker · Coalcracker

In my part of the country North Augusta, S.C. a) Kroger is featuring Purdue Boneless Chicken Breast at $1.99 or Thighs. Pork Boston Butts for .99 per lb. and 1/2 Rib Eyes $7.99 and family pack Rib Eye steaks at $9.99. b) Publix has Choice Bone In Rib Eye Steaks for $7.99 and boneless for $8.99---93% lean...

cloverleaf · cloverleaf

My store( one of a giant midwestern chain) typically does 100,000 or more a week between meat and processed meat. Yet they staff us like a 50,000 or less department. Morning help is gone by 3:00 and they leave me with only one counter person and myself (a cutter) after that. Do your stores run you that thi...

Coalcracker · Coalcracker

Because it is a holiday weekend this morning my wife and I after church went out to have breakfast in one of our towns favorite breakfast restaurants. We both ordered steak and eggs and it was delicious. Steak, eggs, home-fries good toasted bread and hot coffee. The true All American meal however, mos...

Coalcracker · Coalcracker

Welcome to Memorial Day weekend. You probably have some big plans coming up, but might be a little unsure as to why we celebrate Memorial Day in the first place. And, that's OK. With Veterans Day and Labor Day also in the mix, these holidays often get confused, especially with people who haven't served...

dthartzell · dthartzell

Ive been working as a meat clerk for a little over a year now and was looking into potentially becoming a meat cutter part time at my costco. I would have to be certified to work there and i didnt know if they train people when they hire them like at my current job.

Coalcracker · Coalcracker

Everybody around here is going up on Lake Thurman for those big stripers . This year I am going to take along some boxed-beef purge that I bought locally to use a chum. -- Edited by Coalcracker on Thursday 26th of May 2016 08:31:55 PM

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	Shop Trim, New Recordkeeping Laws & Steak-Umm's. What Do They Have In Common! Part I (Preview) One night in the late 1960s, Eugene Gagliardi was lying awake in bed trying to figure out how to save his company. He was thinking about the Philly cheesesteak. Gagliardi ran a family business that sold hamburgers and other meat to restaurant chains in the Philadelphia area. But within the span of a fe...	Coalcracker	0	998	Jul 19, 2016 by Coalcracker
	Generating Fresh Beef Trim & The New Record Keeping Laws (Preview) One of our goals here at the Meat Cutters Club is to brain storm new ideas that can help us in our jobs, help us to navigate policies and laws that sometimes are too stringent and make our duties more complicated. Of course the "new ground beef and trim record keeping policy" is one of those challenges. T...	Coalcracker	12	1591	Jul 19, 2016 by newbernbears
	anyone ever work for Safeway ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) Well I am making a move. I have been offered a job at Safeway and they will pay me 30 cents more to be a cutter. Right now I am running a department that brings in $60K a week. Sales are up from last year 16% and they are paying me a salary of $22.50 for a 40 hour work week that is really a 55 hour work week. Safewa...	Sunday	69	16481	Jul 19, 2016 by Coalcracker
	good meatshop in Edmonton (Preview) Any buddy have a in on a good meat shop in the Edmonton area,Not looking for a retail store.Looking for a good quailty meat store that cares for their customers.Let me know.Thanks	alive	0	862	Jul 15, 2016 by alive
	Which cut for beef sausage? (Preview) Today, we received this question in email. "Hi there, I curious as to appropriate cuts of beef for making beef sausages. I'm been offered a good deal (via a friend at a local meat processing plant) on boneless beef plate, boneless chuck, and packer briskets. Does beef plate work for sausage? I usually...	-	3	1011	Jul 7, 2016 by rlrw3
	Join us tomorrow, July 7th at 9 am Central time on Facebook for a LIVE demo on the Multivac P-600 Double Chamber Machine (Preview) Join us on Facebook to watch a LIVE video, as two Multivac experts demonstrate the Multivac P-600 double-chamber vacuum machine. They'll give an overview of the machine, talk about the benefits of using a double-chamber machine vs. a single-chamber, demonstrate packaging various foods, and the...	Bunzl Processor Division	0	1160	Jul 6, 2016 by Bunzl Processor Division
	Assistant Manager/ 2nd Man pay (Preview) Question: Does your store pay the 2nd Man/ assistant meat manager more than a regular cutter? For the last several years I worked in a very busy store where I was just one of about 5 cutters. I recently transferred to a store where I am the only cutter (besides the manager). I now run the shop 5 weeks a year,...	Meat Monkey	12	1553	Jul 1, 2016 by jimhenry2000
	Feelings on the new state law coming in June. (Preview) Starting in June we will have to make daily logs on the ground meat we do. Anyone doing this already?	Jason19991	18	1878	Jun 22, 2016 by HuBBs
	Have you ever asked a customer to not shop at your store anymore? (Preview) Have you ever asked a customer to not shop at your store anymore?	Burgermeister	11	1289	Jun 12, 2016 by -
	Are You Dreaming About Meat? If So Here Are Some Interpretations (Preview) There is no doubt we meat cutters often dream about our work. However many of our dreams are never interpreted for us to understand the meaning of them. So with a little help from an "unknown soothsayer", I will tell you the meaning of your meat related dreams. A butcher cutting meat upDreaming about...	Coalcracker	8	1624	Jun 12, 2016 by jimhenry2000
	Ferederal grinding logs. (Preview) So in a couple of weeks or maybe less, the feds are enforcing a new policy involving meat grinding logs. I have read over the whole damn thing and it irritates the hell out of me. Its going to waste so much damn time of our day to follow through on that crap. I understand why but jesus. Any thoughts on the...	HuBBs	6	1330	Jun 9, 2016 by RJ
	Wholesale Processing (Preview) I want to get some opinion's on some wholesale processing. Im about to take on a project of where one company slaughter's and quarter's the beef and we further process. I have worked at some big places and have done HACCP for a long time. My thought is to hang the quarter's/or sides for 14-21 days then pro...	bobthebutcher	8	1015	Jun 8, 2016 by Burgermeister
	Scrapping ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Another quality thread..lol.......who hear scraps both sides??...I personally do	butcher29	35	4298	Jun 6, 2016 by Burgermeister
	Horsehead Sirloin Steak? (Preview) I got this question in the club email today. Is anyone familiar with this? Is it maybe Bone In Top Sirloin? "I live in Coffeeville Al. I cannot find horsehead sirloin steaks, need help finding a vendor that can supply.I use eat horseheads 20 years ago, and miss them. Many thanks" -- Edited by fdarn on S...	-	5	1316	Jun 6, 2016 by -
	Memorial Day Adds in North Augusta S.C. (Preview) In my part of the country North Augusta, S.C. a) Kroger is featuring Purdue Boneless Chicken Breast at $1.99 or Thighs. Pork Boston Butts for .99 per lb. and 1/2 Rib Eyes $7.99 and family pack Rib Eye steaks at $9.99. b) Publix has Choice Bone In Rib Eye Steaks for $7.99 and boneless for $8.99---93% lean...	Coalcracker	4	1272	Jun 3, 2016 by Coalcracker
	What are your typical sales numbers for a week/staffing? (Preview) My store( one of a giant midwestern chain) typically does 100,000 or more a week between meat and processed meat. Yet they staff us like a 50,000 or less department. Morning help is gone by 3:00 and they leave me with only one counter person and myself (a cutter) after that. Do your stores run you that thi...	cloverleaf	5	1586	May 31, 2016 by jimhenry2000
	Steak and Eggs Is Making a Comback! (Preview) Because it is a holiday weekend this morning my wife and I after church went out to have breakfast in one of our towns favorite breakfast restaurants. We both ordered steak and eggs and it was delicious. Steak, eggs, home-fries good toasted bread and hot coffee. The true All American meal however, mos...	Coalcracker	2	997	May 30, 2016 by Coalcracker
	Why We Celbrate Memorial Day (Preview) Welcome to Memorial Day weekend. You probably have some big plans coming up, but might be a little unsure as to why we celebrate Memorial Day in the first place. And, that's OK. With Veterans Day and Labor Day also in the mix, these holidays often get confused, especially with people who haven't served...	Coalcracker	0	1103	May 29, 2016 by Coalcracker
	Will costco put you into an apprenticeship if you get hired as a meat cutter (Preview) Ive been working as a meat clerk for a little over a year now and was looking into potentially becoming a meat cutter part time at my costco. I would have to be certified to work there and i didnt know if they train people when they hire them like at my current job.	dthartzell	1	1203	May 29, 2016 by Coalcracker
	Its Fishing Season Lets Sell That Liquid Purge (Preview) Everybody around here is going up on Lake Thurman for those big stripers . This year I am going to take along some boxed-beef purge that I bought locally to use a chum. -- Edited by Coalcracker on Thursday 26th of May 2016 08:31:55 PM	Coalcracker	9	1099	May 27, 2016 by Coalcracker
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