| Industry: |
Fresh meat production and distribution |
| Established: |
1936 |
| Parent Company: |
Cargill, with world headquarters located in Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Headquarters: |
Wichita, Kansas, home office of Cargill's meat businesses |
| Products: |
Fresh beef and pork products |
| Customers: |
Grocery retailers, food service operators and manufacturers |
| Production Facilities: |
Nine beef and two pork production facilities strategically located throughout North America to facilitate seamless distribution. Here is a list and map of plant locations. |
About Excel® Fresh Meats
Excel® meat products are offered by Cargill’s beef and pork business units, located in
Wichita, Kansas.
From our products to our processes and from our people to our brand flexibility, we always strive to create a Genuinely Better® experience with all of our Excel meat products. In fact, here are 50 ways we’re striving to make Excel products Genuinely Better for our customers and their consumers.
We are pioneers in state-of-the-art food safety interventions. We’ve invested more than $1 billion in research, technology and plant improvements in the last 10 years. It’s the science behind Excel Fresh Meats that brings you the superior tenderness, mouthwatering juiciness, exceptional shelf life and rich flavor you need to provide the satisfying eating experience consumers expect.
Each of our regional meat processing facilities strives to meet the highest standards of cleanliness, food safety and humane animal treatment, and we support these goals with industry-leading processes and technology. Our regional focus provides for responsive service to customers throughout North America, facilitating our efforts to deliver products that are Clean, Cold, Correct and On-Time™.
History
The Excel name goes back to 1936, when beef processor Excel Packing Company formed in Chicago. The company moved to Wichita in 1941, and in 1970, changed its name to Kansas Beef Industries.
In 1974, Kansas Beef Industries and Missouri Beef Packers, which was formed in 1964, merged to form MBPXL Corporation. Cargill, Incorporated, acquired MBPXL Corporation in 1979 and in 1982 renamed MBPXL as Excel Corporation.
In 2000, Excel Corporation was renamed Cargill Meat Solutions. The Excel name was introduced again in 2006 as Cargill’s brand of everyday beef and pork with a redesigned logo that celebrates the history and future of the brand. In 2007, Cargill established the Cargill Animal Protein platform, combining the Cargill Meat Solutions business units with the other protein businesses across the globe.
Products
Excel Fresh Meats offerings feature a range of beef – including ground beef and muscle cuts – and pork products. The Excel brand represents 80 percent of Cargill's beef and pork offerings.
Excel Fresh Meats provides a variety of options, including unbranded products ready for packaging as well as private label brands created just for grocery retailers.
In addition to the unbranded and private label options provided by Excel Fresh Meats, Cargill can also provide access to some of the industry’s most recognized national brands. So if a branded product with high consumer awareness better fits your needs, that option is available.
About Cargill
Cargill is an international supplier and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services. Founded in 1865, the privately held company employs 160,000 people in 67 countries. Cargill helps customers succeed through collaboration and innovation, and is committed to applying its global knowledge and experience to help meet economic, environmental and social challenges wherever it does business. For more information, visit www.cargill.com.
