The nation’s largest grocer announced its entry into the beef industry this week, developing an end-to-end supply chain for Angus beef and there’s a Creekstone Farms connection.
According to a news release from Walmart, more than 250 jobs will be created in Ark City at Creekstone Farms’ beef processing facility because it. Walmart also said over 200 jobs will also be added in Georgia where the retailer owns a case-ready facility that will be run by FPL Food. A selection of Angus beef cuts like steaks and roasts from this supply chain will be sold in 500 Walmart stores across a number of states in the southeast including Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
“Creekstone welcomes the opportunity to partner with industry leaders in providing premium quality Black Angus beef to Walmart customers while, at the same time, growing the number of jobs at our state of the art facility,” Creekstone President and CEO Satoru Oura stated in the news release.
“As clean labels, traceability and transparency become more and more important to customers, we’ve made plans to enter into the beef industry creating an unmatched system that allows us to deliver consistent quality and value,” stated Scott Neal, senior vice president, Meat, Walmart U.S. “By enlisting a number of best-in-class companies to take part in the supply chain, we’ll be able to provide customers with unprecedented quality, provide transparency throughout the supply chain and leverage the learnings we gain across our business.”
