Alexandria Dodgen Addison
DO NOT DO BUSINESS HERE
We have raised ans sold our own beef for several years and this was the biggest rip off ever. We know what our cattle weigh at birt, weaning, and throughout the feeding process. We Also weigh the day we drop them off at the processor.
1-Our steers only hung 50% of their live weight which is approximately 15% lower than what we have ever had before.
2- we were about to leave to go pick meat up ( on the day I was told it would be ready) and luckily one of my clients called and said theirs was not ready so I called and ours was not either. We would have made about a 2 hr trip for nothing. I never got a phone call saying the meat was not ready as they stated it would be.
3- We get there and I ask what percentage of live weight do their cattle that they slaughter weigh and I was told “ they couldn’t tell me Bc they had never done any for me. “ This was not a relevant answer.
4 - I ask do they raise their own cattle to sell in store and was told they do not raise their own cattle- Jennifer later told me that an individual would GIVE her beef if she wanted beef. - I was never given the name of a producer that they buy their beef from to sell in store
5- when I told them our hanging weight was way lower than normal and was wondering why, I was asked to leave . They were very rude and told me that they were not stealing anything from anyone but yet still could not tell me where the other meat was. She told me it would only be hurting themselves to make the hanging weight lower Bc that is how they get paid so I gave the following scenario:
They get 90 cent /lb to process so given the amount we were missing would be approximately 100 lbs of beef so they miss out on $90 that I would have paid them for processing that 100 pounds . Then IF they hen sold that beef themselves in heir store for $10 lb , which is pretty realistic across they board, they then make $1,000 on the meat they took. Cheating on hanging weight would be so easy and most people would never catch it Bc they don’t get live weights beforehand.
6- if there was nothing to hide and they were doing honest business, they should have been able to answer all of my questions and would not have gotten hostile and asked me to leave
7 - long story short , the beef we got was cut and packaged very nicely, however we only got 1 small brisket (should have had 4) not near the steaks we typically get, and a customer of ours was supposed to get ribs and he got 1 pack of ribs).we made no money on the other 3 we sold , due to we get paid by hanging weight also.
- if you do not know weights and numbers on what you SHOULD get, you will be very happy , service is great until they realize you know more than what they think you know!
- my husband and I both have called and emailed and they will not responded, they have also hung up on us.