Meatpacking Quotes

We regret the disruption the closings will cause our team members and these two outstanding plant communities, which both have a long history in the meatpacking industry. We've worked hard over the past year to try to keep these plants open and I appreciate everyone's efforts. However, we've concluded we can operate more efficiently by permanently consolidating operations. - John Tyson

We had expected that the government would lift a ban on U.S. beef after checking U.S. meatpacking plants by themselves. - Yasuhiro Yoshikawa

This could have several unexpected or adverse reactions. One is that it doesn't work (in terms bringing down prices.) Cattlemen could just hold back production and send fewer animals to market and the prices will keep rising anyway. And if this means less activity for the meatpacking industry, what does that mean for jobs? - Felipe Noguera

I'm opening a store at the end of the month in the New York meatpacking district. I'm launching a line of bedding this summer, and I am writing a book that will be out next January. - Genevieve Gorder

I remember when I was younger, driving around New York with my mom and going to auditions. Id be like, Mom drive us by the hookies! Hookers. I called them hookies. There was one street in the Meatpacking District where they all lined up. So I was definitely a part of the dangerous New York when I was younger. But now I feel like New York is so safe. I can walk down the street by myself. When I was younger, my mom was like, Hold my hand! It was always a little sketchy. But now Times Square is like Disneyland. - Kirsten Dunst