Certified Angus Beef ® Brand Update 2021

As a youngster, Alan Lower built meat plants
with his Lego blocks. He learned the meat
business from his grandfather, who opened a
one-room slaughterhouse in 1927. Lower also worked
nights during high school as his dad began crafting
precooked meats for grocery stores in the 1980s.
Today, Alan and sons Chad and Lee offer only
premium deli and smoked meats from Lower Foods
in Richmond, Utah.
“People want to know where their food comes from
and people want to buy their product from families
like us,” Alan Lower, company president, said. “We
are small enough to care yet large enough to meet our
customers’ needs.”
The same craftsmanship and techniques used by his
father produce Certified Angus Beef ® items today. Under
the LL Ranch name, the products include precooked
short ribs, pot roast and prime rib, as well as hardwoodsmoked
brisket, pit beef and burnt ends. Deli meats
made with Certified Angus Beef ® brand Natural cuts are
also available.
Every item is reduced or low sodium, and free of
allergens, gluten, MSG, soy, binders and fillers. They’re
crafted so chefs can confidently serve the finest beef to
customers while saving time and labor in the kitchen.
Home cooks can also take a break from making dinner
every night from scratch.
“It’s very important for us to put out a safe, wholesome
product of high quality that we would be willing to
serve to our families, as well as our customers,” Mike
Mortensen, plant manager, said.
Much of Lower’s business with the brand began in
foodservice. Through the market evolution of the past
two years, items like frankfurters are now available in
grocery stores. Today, business extends from corned
beef briskets in foodservice on the East Coast to cooked
prime rib in retail on the West Coast.
Lower likes to create strong partnerships with customers
and work to create products to fill their needs.
“They can rely on the brand and they can rely on Lower
Foods to provide quality products,” Lower said.
He feels blessed and inspired by their team’s
accomplishments, which go well beyond the products.
Employees are seen as part of the family and care for the
environment shows. The company’s own water source is
used for meat processing and cleaning at the plant, and
then filtered to irrigate nearby farmland. The Lowers
continue incorporating strategies to care for customers,
employees and the Cache Valley.
Building better. It’s the Lower family way.
Dozens of processors, like Lower Foods, craft easy
meal and menu solutions from Certified Angus Beef ®
cuts. These value-added products offer time savings for
businesses and consumers enjoying high-quality beef.
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