National Beef Packing Company
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| Private | |
| Industry | Food Processing |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Kansas City, Missouri |
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Key people
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Tim Klein, (President & CEO) |
| Products | Beef |
| Revenue | $7.5 billion |
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Number of employees
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9,000 represented across all operations |
| Website | nationalbeef |
National Beef Packing Company LLC is a beef processor headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, that produces fresh, chilled and further processed beef and beef by-products for customers worldwide. The company’s main focuses include branded box beef, consumer ready beef, portion control beef and wet blue leather.
National Beef is the nation’s fourth largest beef processor with sales exceeding $7 billion annually. National Beef products are available to national and regional retailers, including supermarket chains, independent grocers, club stores, wholesalers and distributors, foodservice providers and distributors, further processors and the U.S. military. U.S. operations include Liberal, Dodge City and Kansas City, Kansas; Hummels Wharf, Pennsylvania; Moultrie, Georgia and St. Joseph, Missouri; with corporate headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri.
National Beef is a processor and supplier of fresh, chilled and further processed beef for customers worldwide. Beef processing facilities are located in Liberal and Dodge City, Kansas.
Pre-trimmed product is sourced from beef processing facilities in Liberal and Dodge City, Kansas and then shipped to consumer ready facilities in Hummels Wharf, Pennsylvanisa and Moultrie, Georgia where overwrap and vacuum-sealed packaging are used on a variety of cuts for retail channels.
National Beef has a variety of programs for a variety of beef needs including natural, Angus brands, and specialty brands such as Black Canyon Angus Beef, NatureSource Natural Beef and Certified Premium Beef
National Beef owns Kansas City Steak Company that sells portioned beef to the foodservice and retail channels as well as to consumers through the internet and direct mail.
National Beef operates the largest wet blue tannery in the world. Wet blue tanning refers to the first step in processing raw and brine-cured hides into tanned leather. From this facility in St. Joseph, Missouri, National Beef provides processed hides to finished leather processors worldwide for use in the automotive, luxury goods, apparel and furniture industries.
National Beef uses the BioLogic Food Safety System, a fully integrated system that includes training employees, interventions, a zone system and control and assessment functions. The company has also adopted the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) audit criteria, a set of international food safety and quality standards. National Beef achieved accreditation through third party auditing by the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
National Beef has donated or supported organizations in the communities where their business resides. They are a Community Partner to Lyric Opera of Kansas City, a donor to Kansas Children’s Service League, and a 2014 Sponsor of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)—an organization that provides peer-based emotional support, grief and trauma resources to those who have been affected by a death in the Armed Forces. The company also supported military troops by sponsoring food for a “Saluting Our Troops” event in Dodge City, Kansas. National Beef and its employees participate in United Way campaigns in both Seward County, Kansas and Moultrie, Georgia through donations and food sponsorships.,
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