® THE BUSINESS JOURNAL FOR MEAT AND POULTRY PROCESSORS June 2010 * Vol. 56 No. 6 * www.MeatPoultry.com Features 18 Cover Story: Momentum shift Indicators hint at better days ahead 26 Building on 'Corps' values Timothy Day leads Bar-S through experience 18 38 33 Small Business Matters: German appeal Dittmer's Gourmet Meats - an Old-World hit 38 Top-shelf ingredients Meat processors put the proof in the products 47 Meat Processing Operations & Engineering 26 47 47 Hormel goes green with new plant 56 Sanitation Tips: Controlling pests 62 Targeting convenient packaging 68 Process EXPO preview IFT, Process EXPO join forces July 17-20 69 LINKS supplement 33 71 72 80 86 90 69 A message from the NHD&SC Ballpark hot dogs Profi le: Kiolbassa a San Antonio gem Casing trends: Options reflect demand Leaner sausage processing Meat&Poultry's Digital Edition is available at www.MeatPoultry.com Departments 6 Commentary 10 Business Notes 16 Washington 92 From the Corral 94 Names in the News 96 New Product Showcase 4 * Meat&Poultry * June 2010 * www.MeatPoultry.com 101 Classified Ads 105 Advertiser Index 106 The Insiderhttp://www.MeatPoultry.com http://www.MeatPoultry.com http://www.MeatPoultry.com