Retail State of the Industry | Meat, Poultry & Seafood
New Meat Products Address Snacking, Animal Welfare, Flavor and Plant-Based Demand
Traceability and wholesome, better-for-you attributes represent just a few of the key themes across today's retail meat, poultry and seafood categories.
Perhaps it’s true when they say “everything old is new again.” It’s a funny play on words but think of “Home on the Range,” Kansas’ state song and a beloved oldie of the West. It mentions buffalo roaming and deer and antelope playing—all out there, on the range.
Let’s fast forward. It seems many supermarket shoppers want to know more about an animal’s origin, feed and growing conditions. Is it natural, organic and/or free of antibiotics and artificial hormones? And did that animal roam free on the range?