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Center of the Plate

Nebraska's Finest Beef

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We carry a large number of products that will keep your customers coming back again and again.

We have partnered up with Tyson Foods to offer outstanding brands like Chairman's Reserve and Star Ranch as well as other manufacturers like Skylark to bring some of the finest beef cuts to your table.

We have an outstanding selection of beef, pork, poultry, and seafood.

Be sure to ask your Cash-Wa representative for more information on our center of the plate product listing!

 

Seafood Update Jan 5, 2012

Fish/seafood accounts for more than 50% volume and is up 8.1% - shrimp being the largest segment and is still #1! Two changes in the top 20 seafood product growth - Tilapia and Pollock (2nd and 3rd), potentially due to the lower overall price and/or wild-caught nature. The U.S. Shrimp market continues along a slow steady pace and indications are that this trend will continue. Any anticipated, across the board drop in prices should not materialize. One of the largest seafood purchasers in the US, Darden, says seafood costs is up 20% in the last 6 monthsi
Prices…. Most importers are very light in their inventory positions due to the continuing disconnect between the high overseas prices and the prevailing prices in the market place. The weak global economy has not driven demand and prices down, as the economic forces is pushing the supply side and keeping the prices up. There has been very little incentive to grow and harvest 31/40 and smaller sizes and what little product that has been available, has been going into value-added product forms. The anticipated influx of large whites on top of a firm mid-range (31/40 & down) market will likely cause a price
compression bringing these converging size ranges closer to each other.
Supply Markets… Although prices dropped in Thailand, they quickly went right back up and did not allow any significant price negotiations for the U.S. market. Buyers could not wait for prices to go down and had to negotiate the best price in order to have product in time for the New Year. Exports out of Thailand are down 8% due to global and economic problems. Ecuador’s production continues to be steady with continuing sales to China. There has been a number of reports indicating direct sales growth to U.S. distributors and wholesalers, bypassing the traditional importer channels – this may explain continuing exports to the U.S. while at the same time traditional importers complain that they cannot buy from Ecuador because of high prices. Mexico is producing mostly 31/35 and 36/40 – smaller sizes harvested have been going to the domestic market.