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Business Notes
AMI backs Mexico’s trucking pilot program
The American Meat Institute supports a new pilot program for long-haul trucking from Mexico in comments submitted to the Department of Transportation. Its comments were fi led in response to the DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Federal Register notice to initiate a Pilot Program on North American FreeTrade Agreement Long-Haul Trucking Provisions. Mark Dopp, AMI senior vice president of regulatory affairs and general counsel, said that in 2010, Mexico was the largest customer for US beef and variety meats, surpassing 247,000 metric tons (23 percent of total US beef exports), as well as importing more than 545,700 metric tons of pork and variety meats (representing over 28 percent of total US pork exports). Mexico also was the largest destination for US poultry at more than 595,000 metric tons. Implementing the program will terminate the retaliatory tariffs on 99 US products, including an important pork item, valued at $2.4 billion; bring the US into conformity with its international trade obligations; ensure the safety of US roads through strict requirements on Mexican trucks and truckers; and allow US pork producers and producers of the other products affected by the retaliatory tariffs to regain their competitive positions and market shares in Mexico and recover the jobs lost because of the decline in exports, Dopp said. ■

US Foodservice buys Great Western Meats
US Foodservice has purchased Great Western Meats Inc., a foodservice distributor and provider of fresh-cut portion meats in Central Florida. Great Western Meats operates two facilities in Orlando, a distribution warehouse and a meat-cutting plant. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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The warehouse will integrate into the recently expanded US Foodservice distribution center in Port Orange, Fla., in July. The meat-cutting facility will continue to operate and will provide fresh-cut meats for US Foodservice’s customers in Florida under the Stock Yards brand name. US Foodservice’s meat-cutting operation in Clearwater, Fla., however, will close June 24 and that volume will be transferred to Great Western Meats’ facility, which will be renamed Stock Yards-Florida. “The addition of the Great Western Meats broadline foodservice business and meat-cutting operation will expand our customer base and presence across the Orlando area,” said Keith Campbell, region president, US FoodserviceFlorida. “In addition, Great Western Meats’ customers will now have access to more than 14,000 products and the entire range of services offered by US Foodservice-Port Orange.” Greg Voorhees, former president of Great Western Meats, will join US Foodservice-Port Orange as director of business development. US Foodservice is a leading foodservice distributor, offering more than 350,000 national brand products and its own private-label items, ranging from meats to produce to frozen foods. ■
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