According to a study done by Technomic, Inc. pork is outpacing the growth rate of all other proteins in the foodservice industry and has been the fastest-growing protein for each of the past two years. Total pork sold through foodservice reached a record 9.25 billion pounds – a volume increase of 462 million pounds over 2011 at the time of the previous survey. Fresh pork has driven the growth of the total pork category increasing by 3.5% while processed pork increased by 2.3%. Of the 24 pork categories, 22 showed a positive growth in sales. On a per pound basis, bacon showed the largest increase between 2011- 2013 of 102 million pounds. Across the three traditional meals of the day, pork is almost equally represented, but grew most aggressively in the areas of breakfast protein and snacks.
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