What the news media is saying about Coast Packing
March 9, 2022
Coast Packing Company has introduced #LardAtRetail, an ongoing compendium of shops and stores that sell lard. The West’s largest supplier of animal fat shortenings is making it easier to find lard, as #LardAtRetail is built around top retail sources in America’s 10 largest metro areas: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas and San Jose.
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January 3, 2022
The people again have spoken – in this case, a group of judges skilled in the culinary arts – awarding top prizes to four contestants and their delectable creations, in Coast Packing Company’s Fifth Annual #LardLovers Recipe Contest.
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December 29, 2021
Coast Packing Company, a leading supplier of farm-fat-based shortenings, has announced the winners of its fifth annual #LardLovers Recipe Contest, a tribute to the staying power of comfort food. The company called for any unique, unpublished recipe that uses lard, in sweet or savory categories, with the winning recipes being announced on December 8 for National Lard Day.
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December 26, 2021
With the Christmas season bringing food in abundance, using up all of those leftovers may seem like a daunting challenge. Here is a list of Latin American-inspired meals, made from traditional Latin Christmas leftovers - so there’s no need for any of that old lunch to go to waste.
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November 3, 2021
Coast Packing Company, a leading supplier of farm-fat-based shortenings, has announced the fifth annual #LardLovers Recipe Contest, a tribute to the staying power of comfort food. The company is calling for any unique, unpublished recipe that uses lard, in sweet or savory categories, with entries being accepted now until midnight on Sunday, November 21.
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September 23, 2021
See our latest Animal Fats Study featured in FSR magazine. The study shows that sentiment is clear-cut on the question of “highly processed” vs. “natural” foods. Overall, almost two-thirds of respondents indicated that they know that plant-based meat is a highly processed food.
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July 14, 2021
Coast was founded by Gustafson’s grandfather, Anton Rieder, in 1922. Gustafson began working at the company at the age of 12 in the summer of 1955. He worked packaging bacon for retail and supermarket customers...
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July 7, 2021
In his more than half century at the company, Ron was instrumental in transforming Coast into a leading supplier of edible fats and oils and the number one supplier of animal fat shortenings in the Western United States...
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July 6, 2021
Back for another helping, the Fourth Annual #BeefTallowFrenchFries “Tweet-to-Win” Contest kicks off on July 5th, a fitting lead-in to #NationalBeefTallowDay on July 13, Coast Packing Company announced.
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May 30, 2021
Jason Lee has been making headlines in numerous different classes and sanctioning bodies over the last few years with Eric Gustafson’s Coast Packing Company ’69 Camaro, but he hadn’t won a race in Pro Boost before this weekend. He stepped up in a big way for the final round, firing off a 3.659 at 208.97 in the heat of the day to defeat Randy Weatherford and his 3.672 at 209.88.
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