meat packing
noun
the business or industry of slaughtering cattle and other meat animals and processing the carcasses for sale, sometimes including the packaging of processed meat products.
meat packer
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a word derived from
meat packing.
Example Sentences
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The U.S. meat packer, which had bumped up meat prices last year, reported a 3% drop in quarterly net sales to $13.14 billion, below analysts’ expectations of $13.59 billion in Refinitiv data.
From Reuters ● Aug. 7, 2023
He worked at Quality Pork International as a meat packer for 13 years to support his family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
Refrigerated rail cars were perfected in the 1870s by engineers working for U.S. meat packer Gustavus Swift.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The Arkansas-based meat packer is expected to say it earned $2.09 a share in the quarter, up from $1.81 a year earlier, according to a survey by FactSet.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2021
The wealthiest meat packer east of the Rocky Mountains was "bucking" and "breaking" bronchoes thirty years ago at twenty-five dollars a month.
From The Canadian Commonwealth by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
