Every single major retailer with a deli section near me has switched to boar's head within the last 2-3 years... guess they undercut everyone else on bids and got good contracts by violating health and safety laws, the American capitalist way!
And yet boar's head is consistently more expensive than anything else.
Nobody said the cost savings was gonna get passed to the consumer. What are ya, a commie?
In Nov 2020, the person that ran things for years died, and control passed to other family members that immediately sued each other.
I’m any case, seems greed likely started to drive everything, they pushed expansion over safety, and wound up killing people.
seems greed likely started to drive everything, they pushed expansion over safety, and wound up killing people.
Thank god this is an isolated incident in corporate America. /s
In
any case, seems greed likely started to drive everything, they pushed expansion over safety, and wound up killing people.
Chiquita, Nestle, and Boeing have entered the chat.
40 years ago they were one of the top brands for quality
I feel you could say this about every american company that has been around for 40 plus years. Enshittification is a real bitch
It used to be a badge of honor to have a label footnote like “est. 1937”, but now I feel that just clarifies the enshittification time delta.
It depends on the business. Highly competitive and volatile ones, like restaurants, can still be judged by longevity, in my opinion.
The only exception to this rule is the Chili’s on 45th Street and Lamar in Austin, Texas, which exists in a timeless negative space where businesses can not die. Will not die. They are watching.
Having managed a supermarket for about 6 years, I can tell you it's because of the service, consistent quality and variety of choices. Their service model is similar to many of the larger bread vendors in that they sell via consignment. So you only buy what you open to sell, and they take back anything that expires or looks dodgy. Their sales reps maintain your inventory and place your orders, really saving you alot of time and reducing your risk.
The Jungle 2: Salmonella Boogaloo
Listeria Hysteria
My favorite part of that book was when it revealed that workers would go missing from time to time and later be found at the bottom of a lard rendering vat. Ha ha!
I don't know if I can say I have a "favorite" part of the book. The whole thing was just horrifying. I think I spent the entire time reading it with my mouth wide open.
And how little has changed...
Y’all would be fucking horrified by the state of food manufacturing if you knew.
I used to work at a food processing and distribution company, in the document processing department.. we weren’t strictly supposed to read the audits, especially the internal ones, but we did, to make sure they were complete and compliant, which was our job. Also our job was intensely boring and we needed something to gossip about.
The number of our distributors (first level manufacturing) who got C or D grades on their inspections.. fucking gross. I reported a few of them, but the company did not care.
Before that I worked at a chicken hatchery. The cultures I cultured -doing an audit just like those I read later in life- were sooooo gross and problematic. But I was instructed to cover it up because, and this is important context, it was all self report after the initial inspection. I was doing this at 16, and was likely significantly more thorough than any veteran employee would have been. (Absolutely not why I was chosen; they chose me due to incredibly mild nepotism, as my manager was my step-dad, and he knew science stuff was up my alley.. plus I was a filler worker, being under 18.)
I really hope things have improved, but somehow I doubt that the past 20 years has made a positive impact from my audit experience. (The document processing was less than 10 years ago, supporting my belief nothing has changed for the better.)
In case you still have any actionable info or if someone else finds themselves in a similar situation then please read through here and consider documenting and reporting what you observe. https://usdaoig.oversight.gov/
"Thank god for the hatchery" - Norm
Not where I expected that to go, but then.. I never know where to expect comedians to go.. I think that’s the point.
Anyway, keeping to the subject, when I worked at the hatchery there was this guy.. he was the guy who killed all the male babies, and that was his whole job.. he was fucking weird, in a bad way, and we all gave him tons of space. It didn’t bother him at all to kill thousands of birds in a single day as just his normal job. That’s all.
It's a meat brand.
For those just as confused as I, it's a meat brand.
They're not talking about an actual boar.
And it's 'supposed' to be a quality brand too.
Well shit, thought this was the premium stuff. Fool me can't get fooled again.
Makes you wonder what the non-premium stuff is like
It's the same thing except instead of delicious properly prepared lean meat in a disgusting warehouse with awful cleanliness practices, it's crappily prepared and spiced meat in a clean warehouse that's not trying to kill you.
The USDA recorded 69 violations in a year.
Nice
Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” comes to mind.
It's worth a read for more than just that.
Our guy wrote a book about the working class and immigrants being taken advantage of, and how they need to stand up for worker's rights and unions. And the American public focused on their food being gross.
As Upton himself said: "I aimed for America's heart, but I hit it in its stomach."
Curious, does anyone know if the Jarratt, VA Boar's Head facility mentioned in the article employees prison labor from the Greensville Correctional Center just down the street?
Sooo... a typical slaughterhouse, then. Sounds like someone didn't prep for the scheduled visit.
you don't want to see what the meat industry is like in southeast asia
I wonder how much of the state of the place upon that inspection was DUE to:
The plant has been shut down since late July
Like, did they say "we're shutting down" and everyone just fucked off and left the place in a state?
Or was it just that bad ALL the time?
it's The Jungle all over again
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