A+W’s Beyond Meat Burger. (A+W/CNW Group)

A+W to launch pulseburger next month

Canada’s second-biggest burger chain plans to roll out a new non-meat burger in the Canadian market starting in July. A+W Food Services of Canada on Thursday announced a July 9 release date for what it’s dubbed the Beyond Meat Burger at all its restaurants across the country, in what CEO Susan Senecal called “the fastest […] Read more



Tyson Foods beefs up prepared foods with AdvancePierre buy

Reuters – Tyson Foods Inc, the No. 1 U.S. meat processor, said on Tuesday it would buy packaged sandwich supplier AdvancePierre Foods Holdings Inc for about $3.2 billion in cash, to expand its fast-growing portfolio of prepared food brands. Demand for meat-based snacks has been growing as Americans shun candy and overly processed foods. This […] Read more



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Tyson invests in non-meat protein

Reuters — Tyson Foods, the largest U.S. meat processor, took a five per cent stake in plant-based protein maker Beyond Meat amid growing pressure on food companies to reduce environmental and health risks by changing the way they source protein. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Manhattan Beach, Calif.-based Beyond Meat sells plant-based burger […] Read more

meat display in store

Tough times in the meat case

Prime Cuts from the August 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

May and June are the two best months of the year for retail beef sales in the U.S. But high prices and consumers’ reluctance to spend more on beef put a damper on sales this year. The week leading up to the Memorial Day holiday has the second-largest sales in volume and value while the […] Read more





woman shopping near a meat display in a grocery store

COOL legislation had no benefit for the U.S. beef industry

Prime Cuts from the May 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

It’s a coincidence that May heralded one of the last chapters in the long-running saga over country-of-origin labelling just as the spring grilling season begins. But it’s worth noting that COOL supporters claimed that COOL would improve demand for U.S. beef and that consumers would pay more for it. What has happened since COOL was […] Read more