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Easy Bacon was introduced to Atlantaarea retailers, including Publix, Kroger and
Walmart, in mid-October. It will be introduced
to other parts of the country next spring.

EASY BACON'S ORIGINS

to focus on its national brands, according to
Jackson. Eleven years after the acquisition and
the beginning of Monogram Foods, the brands
are generating $30 million in revenue.
"They are very healthy brands in their
core markets, and they continue to grow year
over year," Jackson says. "Today, they are the

There's nothing like Easy Bacon on the market
today. It is, indeed, a breakthrough
product. But behind every
breakthrough product is a story,
and Easy Bacon's begins with
Jackson.
Jackson grew up in the meat
business; his father worked at
Reelfoot Packing Co. in Union
City, Tenn. Jackson worked at the
plant part time during high school
and college. He says working at
the plant during school helped
him pay for college at the Univ. of
Tennessee at Martin.
After college, Jackson worked
in sales for Reelfoot Packing.
Later, he worked for Sara Lee's
Jimmy Dean brand, where he
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worked his way up to senior vice
9001
president of sales and marketing.
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Jackson moved to Cincinnati
when Sara Lee moved its meat
businesses there in 2000 and
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FOOD GRADE LUBRICANTS
Dinner Group, which had sales of
Lubriplate's complete line of high-performance, NSF H1
Registered Food Grade Lubricants is manufactured under
more than $1 billion.
strict NSF/ ISO 21469 Certified and ISO 9001 Registered
In 2004, Jackson, who says, "I
quality control standards. Formulated with ingredients
that comply with FDA regulation 21 CFR 178.3570, they
always had a hankering to do the
can be used on machinery with incidental food contact.
They are certified OU Kosher Pareve and HALAL registered.
entrepreneurial thing," teamed
They meet NSF H1 safety standards and are authorized for
with Karl Schledwitz to begin
use in federally inspected meat and poultry plants.
Monogram Foods. The company
Clean, safe and non-toxic, their use can significantly simplify
your HACCP program by completely eliminating
started by acquiring King Cotton
lubricants as a potential chemical hazard.
Meats and Circle B, two long-time
& Pure USP White
Memphis-based brands, from
High Performance Synthetic
Mineral Oil-Based Lubricants
Sara Lee. Jackson moved to
Machinery Grade for
NSF H1 Registered Food
Safe, Non-Toxic Lubrication
Memphis, where Monogram Foods
is currently based. At the time
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21 CFR 178-3620, 21 CFR 172-878, 21 CFR 172.882 and 21 CFR 182
of the acquisition, King Cotton
Meats, which includes hot dogs,
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corn dogs, smoked sausage, bacon
Lubriplate ®
and bologna, and Circle B, which
features smoked sausage, were
Extra Services Package
worth about a combined $8 million.
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Sara Lee sold King Cotton Meats
Training / Lubrication Software
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and Circle B, which are popular in
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