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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...

apcowboy · apcowboy

Can anyone tell me the name of this one

Pete the Meat · Pete the Meat

Hi, Just wondering if any of you out there (not supermarkets) sell wet fish as well as meat? I'm a seaside butcher , just thought it was the way to go.

apcowboy · apcowboy

When did you first began to use hairnets, plastic glove, mesh gloves in the business ??

apcowboy · apcowboy

Lomen Company was an American meatpacking industry, founded in 1914 by brothers Carl J. Lomen and Alfred Lomen in the then Territory of Alaska. Carl Joys Lomen was an American entrepreneur and photographer. He was known as The Reindeer King of Alaska, because of his role in "organizing, promoti...

apcowboy · apcowboy

HAVE A GREAT LABOR DAY !!!!! GET TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS FIRE UP THE GRILL !! HAVE SOME FUN !! HAVE PLENTY OF COLD ONES LOTS OF GOOD FOOD DON'T FORGET THE KIDS GUYS HAVE A GREAT TIME WITH THE LADIES !! BUT BE CAREFUL DON'T SHOW OFF IN FRONT OF THE LADIES AND LADIES YOU HAVE A GREAT TIME WIT...

Blockman · Blockman

I have come across something I never heard of before, can anyone tell me how to cut this. I only been cutting for 3 years and never heard of this and have no ideal how you get it. This is a boneless steak cut from the top of the pork shoulder. It doesn’t have a rim of fat round the edge, but what it does have is a be...

apcowboy · apcowboy

MEET GLEN FEIST He is General Manager of Marketing for Glen was born and educated in South Australia. He studied for 5 years as an apprentice butcher to become a Master Butcher. He spent the first 20 years of his career in the Supermarket area specializing in meat. SEE HIS PROFILE FOR...

apcowboy · apcowboy

young cutters start new dress code in cutting room. guess the lady cutter doesn't go for the new style LOL

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	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	621	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	570	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	524	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	567	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	716	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	491	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	633	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	3471	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	547	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	814	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	1799	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	569	Sep 7, 2011 by Blockman
	Can anyone tell me the name of this one (Preview) Can anyone tell me the name of this one	apcowboy	6	652	Sep 7, 2011 by thesouthern_bell
	Butchers With Wet Fish (Preview) Hi, Just wondering if any of you out there (not supermarkets) sell wet fish as well as meat? I'm a seaside butcher , just thought it was the way to go.	Pete the Meat	16	906	Sep 7, 2011 by thesouthern_bell
	FOR you old timers here (Preview) When did you first began to use hairnets, plastic glove, mesh gloves in the business ??	apcowboy	4	521	Sep 6, 2011 by irish squirrel
	SANTA CLAUS GOT HIS REINDEER FROM LOMEN MEAT PACKING (Preview) Lomen Company was an American meatpacking industry, founded in 1914 by brothers Carl J. Lomen and Alfred Lomen in the then Territory of Alaska. Carl Joys Lomen was an American entrepreneur and photographer. He was known as The Reindeer King of Alaska, because of his role in "organizing, promoti...	apcowboy	3	1036	Sep 6, 2011 by irish squirrel
	DO'S & DON'T'S FOR LABOR DAY !!!!! (Preview) HAVE A GREAT LABOR DAY !!!!! GET TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS FIRE UP THE GRILL !! HAVE SOME FUN !! HAVE PLENTY OF COLD ONES LOTS OF GOOD FOOD DON'T FORGET THE KIDS GUYS HAVE A GREAT TIME WITH THE LADIES !! BUT BE CAREFUL DON'T SHOW OFF IN FRONT OF THE LADIES AND LADIES YOU HAVE A GREAT TIME WIT...	apcowboy	9	1006	Sep 6, 2011 by Andrew
	some help please (Preview) I have come across something I never heard of before, can anyone tell me how to cut this. I only been cutting for 3 years and never heard of this and have no ideal how you get it. This is a boneless steak cut from the top of the pork shoulder. It doesn’t have a rim of fat round the edge, but what it does have is a be...	Blockman	4	566	Sep 6, 2011 by butcher29
	Another Distinguish Member of our Industry has join us. (Preview) MEET GLEN FEIST He is General Manager of Marketing for Glen was born and educated in South Australia. He studied for 5 years as an apprentice butcher to become a Master Butcher. He spent the first 20 years of his career in the Supermarket area specializing in meat. SEE HIS PROFILE FOR...	apcowboy	7	935	Sep 5, 2011 by butcher29
	young cutters start new dress code in cutting room (Preview) young cutters start new dress code in cutting room. guess the lady cutter doesn't go for the new style LOL	apcowboy	0	533	Sep 5, 2011 by apcowboy
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