On Sat, 22 May 2010 08:30:44 -0700, Lin wrote:

> I got curious, so I went looking. I don't want to spend a lot of time on
> this, but I found an article from 2007 that says:
>
> "Costco obtains its beef from four major suppliers¡XWichita, Kan.-based
> Cargill Meat Solutions Inc., Greeley, Colo.-based JBS Swift & Co.,
> Kansas City, Mo.-based National Beef Packing Co. LLC and Dakota Dunes,
> S.D.-based Tyson Fresh Meats Inc.

Thanks for looking that up. The Big 4 Beef Suppliers are always
changing players and names (but are all controlled by the same
people), but that's a good example of them 4 years ago. IOW, they
got their beef the same places as the grocery store, but always got
the best of the crop, unlike the grocery stores.

I didn't know the Big 4 had the capability to provide consistently
good beef.

And I didn't know the beans were from Guatamala. I've only bought
them twice. The mini cucumbers are "Grown in the USA" according to
the label I just checked.

-sw