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Home » 2017 State of the Industry: Meat, Poultry & Seafood

2017 State of the Industry: Meat, Poultry & Seafood

 

 

State of the Industry 2017

 

The USDA projects that beef and pork production will expand steadily between 2016 and 2025.

 

Top 10 Frozen Meat Substitutes

 

Rank Vendors Dollar Sales % Chg YAgo Dollar Share of Type Chg YAgo Unit Sales
1 Kellogg Co. $239,497,072 3.92 53.97 (1.39) 56,826,804
2 Lightlife Foods Inc. $35,921,284 15.56 8.09 0.63 9,433,094
3 Garden Protein International Inc. $35,115,492 25.97 7.91 1.22 7,748,894
4 Kraft Heinz Co. $27,185,820 (8.27) 6.13 (0.99) 7,741,835
5 Turtle Island Foods Inc. $19,651,992 0.72 4.43 (0.26) 4,698,537
6 Field Roast Grain Meat Co. $11,204,843 78.28 2.52 1.02 2,055,037
7 Vitasoy USA Inc. (Nasoya Foods) $10,071,666 2.46 2.27 (0.09) 3,058,037
8 Private Label $9,491,913 22.23 2.14 0.27 2,508,371
9 Savage River Inc. $9,157,655 111.42 2.06 1.02 1,526,184
10 Dr. Praegers Sensible Foods $6,877,030 21.08 1.55 0.19 1,526,184

Source: Information Resources, Inc. Represents the latest 52 weeks ending Apr 16. Total U.S. multi-outlet (supermarkets, drugstores, mass market retailers, military commissaries and select club & dollar retail chains).

 

Top 10 Frozen Meat

 

Rank Vendors Dollar Sales % Chg YAgo Dollar Share of Type Chg YAgo Unit Sales
1 Private Label $659,534,208 8.41 40.66 5.46 71,022,736
2 Bubba Foods LLC $144,006,672 0.90 8.88 0.62 11,207,355
3 Home Market Foods Inc. $84,333,360 9.15 5.20 0.73 15,032,815
4 Quaker Maid Meats Inc. $66,028,400 (7.90) 4.07 (0.08) 10,738,933
5 Steak Umm LLC $49,180,352 0.69 3.03 0.21 8,496,759
6 Hillshire Brands Co. $39,911,768 (6.53) 2.46 (0.01) 5,195,400
7 AdvancePierre Foods Inc. $34,610,856 (15.17) 2.13 (0.23) 4,095,240
8 Johnsonville Sausage LLC $33,669,568 (17.52) 2.08 (0.29) 5,806,936
9 Rosina Food Prods Inc. $27,568,300 (13.41) 1.70 (0.14) 4,930,990
10 Armour Eckrich Meats LLC $25,775,292 (9.04) 1.59 (0.05) 7,995,921

Source: Information Resources, Inc. Represents the latest 52 weeks ending Apr 16. Total U.S. multi-outlet (supermarkets, drugstores, mass market retailers, military commissaries and select club & dollar retail chains).

 

Top 10 Refrigerated Sliced Deli Meat

 

Rank Vendors Dollar Sales % Chg YAgo Dollar Share of Type Chg YAgo Unit Sales
1 Kraft Heinz Co. $1,894,520,960 (8.14) 35.08 (1.76) 499,384,864
2 Private Label $938,141,760 (5.54) 17.37 (0.37) 233,526,640
3 Hillshire Brands Co. $639,200,320 6.91 11.83 1.16 158,491,040
4 Land O'Frost Co. $400,450,048 (9.00) 7.41 (0.45) 107,879,624
5 Bar-S Foods Co. $195,475,104 (1.95) 3.62 0.06 110,975,624
6 Carl Buddig & Co $161,020,064 (1.14) 2.98 0.07 147,550,752
7 Hormel Foods LLC $133,109,952 8.72 2.46 0.28 34,794,352
8 Armour Eckrich Meats LLC $122,317,440 3.12 2.26 0.15 44,556,500
9 Applegate Farms Inc. $117,433,648 6.14 2.17 0.20 21,393,726
10 Boars Head Provisions Co./Brunckhorst $83,788,184 25.97 1.55 0.36 14,697,451

Source: Information Resources, Inc. Represents the latest 52 weeks ending Apr 16. Total U.S. multi-outlet (supermarkets, drugstores, mass market retailers, military commissaries and select club & dollar retail chains).

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