11/10/2025
Leadership and culture in the meat industry are changing, and with labor increasingly hard to recruit and retain, those two pillars are critical to sustainable success. Meatingplace asked Matt Bormann, CEO of Western Smokehouse Partners, how the he and the company approaches them, especially with the challenge of doing so while a business like theirs is growing exponentially.
With labor an ever-present challenge to meat processing companies, the onus is on their leaders to create a culture that not only attracts new hires but also retains them for the long haul. Creating a culture is hard enough on its own; maintaining it — especially when growing at an... With labor a...
