Category: Blog

Our fifth blogiversary

Date: Dec 28 2015

This time five years ago, former Black Ink teammate Laura Nelson was finalizing plans to launch the supply development department’s blog — the one you’re reading now.

Every number has a story: 1%

Date: Nov 30 2015

What does a 1% increase in our CAB acceptance rate (or the percentage of cattle evaluated for our brand that earn the stamp) mean?

Every number has a story: 36.8 million

Date: Nov 29 2015

36.8 million

That’s how many pounds of CAB product sold through our retail division in October 2015. That’s an 8.4 million pound (29.5%) increase compared to October 2014.

Every number has a story: 35th

Date: Nov 28 2015

In the Angus Main Sire Summary last summer, more than 50 bulls made the top 35th percentile for the combination of Weaning Weight, Scrotal Circumference, CE Maternal, Heifer Pregnancy, $W and Marbling EPD.

Every number has a story: 7 hours

Date: Nov 27 2015

7 hours.

That’s how long it takes the 17,500 Certified Angus Beef brand partners around the world to sell 1 million lbs. of product.

Every number has a story: $4.52

Date: Nov 26 2015

But we’re up against more than just tradition as illustrated by $4.54.

That’s the 2015 year-to-date difference in the retail price per pound of turkey versus beef.

Every number has a story: 40%

Date: Nov 25 2015

Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand marinated fajita meat led the way again, he said, growing by almost 40%.

Every number has a story: .53

Date: Nov 24 2015

Decades of data from Certified Angus Beef ® brand licensed packers show a typical pen-average fat thickness for finished cattle of 0.53 inch.

Every number has a story: 31

Date: Nov 23 2015

And it’s a big job. That’s because the brand works with 31 packing plants representing 14 companies; 27 of them are in the U.S. while the remaining 4 are in Canada.

Every number has a story: 23%

Date: Nov 22 2015

Take this example that brings us today’s number: 23%. That’s how many consumers say they’ve never cooked a beef roast.