Daily's Premium Meats

What Daily's Premium Meats does

Daily's Premium Meats is a privately held American meat processing company founded in 1893 and headquartered in St. Joseph, Missouri. The company specializes in premium bacon and pork products, including thick-cut bacon varieties, precooked bacon, hams, sausages, and branded condiments such as bacon jam. It operates three manufacturing facilities in St. Joseph, Missouri; Missoula, Montana; and Salt Lake City, Utah, employing between 501 and 1,000 people. The company is positioned as a "Bacon Specialist" with 130+ years of category heritage.

The company is owned jointly by Seaboard Foods (its parent since 2005) and Triumph Foods (which holds a 50% stake since 2014), creating a vertically integrated connected food system that spans pork production through finished processed meats. This structure provides supply chain control unavailable to standalone bacon processors and supports both branded and private-label product strategies. The two-ownership joint venture structure also positions the company for potential future consolidation or capital-driven expansion.

Daily's Premium Meats generates revenue through wholesale distribution of branded and private-label pork products to two principal customer segments: retail grocery and foodservice (which spans restaurants, hotels, hospitals, and schools). Its revenue model is built on per-unit wholesale pricing across multiple SKUs, with product extensions into natural/uncured and value-added categories supporting margin expansion. Geographic distribution is enabled by the tri-regional plant footprint, covering Midwest, Mountain West, and Pacific Northwest markets.

Name

Daily's Premium Meats

Legal name

Daily's Premium Meats, LLC

Website

https://dailysmeats.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1893

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Daily's Premium Meats is a 130+ year old, privately held U.S. bacon and pork processor headquartered in St. Joseph, Missouri. It operates three plants and serves retail grocery and foodservice customers under the Daily's brand and private label, as a joint venture of Seaboard Foods and Triumph Foods.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Missoula

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Wholesale/Retail Distribution: Daily's distributes premium bacon and pork products through wholesale channels to grocery retailers and foodservice operators. Products are sold in bulk packaging (15lb and 30lb cases) for retail and foodservice use.
2. Foodservice Distribution: Daily's supplies restaurants, hotels, hospitals, and other commercial food service operations with raw bacon, precooked bacon, breakfast sausage, smoked sausage, and ham products

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Daily's Premium Meats is a processor and supplier of premium thick-cut bacon and pork products, operating three manufacturing plants in Missoula MT, Salt Lake City UT, and St. Joseph MO. The company produces retail packaged bacon (16oz, 24oz, 40oz), foodservice bulk bacon, hickory and applewood smoked hams, breakfast and smoked sausage, and branded bacon condiments, distributed through grocery retailers and direct foodservice channels.

Product overview

Daily's Premium Meats is a meat products company specializing in premium bacon and pork products, operating with a connected food system controlling every step from raising pigs to processing. The company produces bacon under the Daily's brand across three manufacturing plants in Missoula MT, Salt Lake City UT, and St. Joseph MO. Its product portfolio consists primarily of premium thick-cut bacon products (The Original, Black Pepper, Applewood Smoked, Cherry Applewood Smoked, Honey Cured, All-Natural Uncured, and Steak Cut) available in retail packaging (16 oz, 24 oz, 40 oz) and foodservice bulk formats, complemented by a full foodservice lineup including raw bacon, precooked bacon, slab bacon, hickory smoked ham (boneless, Black Forest, Canadian Brand, Pit Ham, Off The Bone, Ham Steaks), breakfast sausage, and smoked sausage. The company also markets branded condiments (Savory Bacon Jam, Bacon Seasoning, Bacon Garlic Aioli) primarily through its recipes section. Products are sold through retail grocery channels and a dedicated wholesale/foodservice program serving restaurants and commercial operators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Original Thick Cut Bacon The signature thick-cut bacon made from founder John R. Daily's sweet 'n' smoky original recipe, available in 16 oz, 24 oz, and 40 oz retail packages. Sold through grocery retailers nationwide.
• Black Pepper Thick Cut Bacon Thick-cut bacon with black pepper seasoning for a spicy kick complementing the smoky flavor. Retail consumer product.
• Applewood Smoked Thick Cut Bacon Thick-cut bacon smoked with applewood hardwood for a deep, smoky flavor with an old-fashioned cure. Available in 16 oz retail pack.
• Cherry Applewood Smoked Thick Cut Bacon Thick-cut bacon smoked with both cherry and applewood hardwoods for a dual-smoke flavor profile. Retail consumer product.
• Honey Cured Thick Cut Bacon The sweetest cure bacon made with Daily's signature honey cure, available in 16 oz and 24 oz packs. Retail consumer product.
• Applewood Smoked Steak Cut Bacon Thickest-cut bacon smoked with applewood, presented in steak-style slices for hearty servings. Retail consumer product.
• All-Natural Uncured Bacon Bacon made with no preservatives and no nitrates added, marketed as the closest to the real thing. Retail consumer product.
• Raw Bacon (Foodservice) Wholesale raw bacon made from fresh, never frozen pork bellies, hand-selected to exacting specifications for consistent performance and leanness. Sold in bulk packaging to foodservice operators.
• Precooked Bacon (Foodservice) Fully cooked bacon for foodservice operators, offering convenient and quick preparation with no shrink or waste, always naturally hardwood smoked for a fresh-cooked taste. Sold in bulk packaging to commercial kitchens.
• Hickory Smoked Boneless Ham with Natural Juices Boneless ham smoked in stockinettes for robust smoke flavor and natural juices, 7-9 lbs per piece. Foodservice bulk ham product.
• Hickory Smoked Black Forest Boneless Ham Black Forest-style boneless ham made with natural juices and highest-quality ham muscles, smoked in nets for flavor and color. Foodservice bulk ham product.
• Hickory Smoked Canadian Brand Ham Canadian-style ham with water added, 5-6 lbs per piece, hickory smoked for distinctive flavor. Foodservice bulk ham product.
• Buffet Brand Hickory Smoked Slicing Ham Log Ham log with 25% water added, designed for buffet service slicing, 6-8 lbs per piece. Foodservice bulk ham product.
• Hickory Smoked Pit Ham Pit-style ham with water added, 11-15 lbs per piece, hickory smoked for traditional flavor. Foodservice bulk ham product.
• Hickory Smoked Off The Bone Ham Off-the-bone style hickory smoked ham with water added for ease of portioning, 10-12 lbs per piece. Foodservice bulk ham product.
• Applewood Smoked All-Natural Uncured Ham All-natural uncured ham smoked with applewood hardwoods, 8-10 lbs per piece. Foodservice bulk ham product.
• Hickory Smoked Bone-In Ham Steaks Bone-in ham steaks in 4 oz, 6 oz, and 8 oz sizes, water added, hardwood smoked for lean portion-control servings. Foodservice bulk ham product.
• Breakfast Sausage (Foodservice) Breakfast sausage made with high-quality whole hog or pure pork trimmings and a 50-year-old proprietary blend of herbs and spices. Sold to foodservice operators.
• Smoked Sausage (Foodservice) Sliced smoked sausage links, hardwood smoked for robust flavor. Sold to foodservice operators.
• Savory Bacon Jam A sweet and savory spread made from Daily's thick-cut bacon, caramelized onions, bourbon, brown sugar, maple syrup, and sherry vinegar; serves 24. Branded bacon condiment.
• Bacon Seasoning Bacon seasoning blend used in recipes for burger seasoning and flavor enhancement. Branded bacon condiment.
• Bacon Garlic Aioli Bacon garlic aioli sauce used as a condiment and burger topping in recipes. Branded bacon condiment.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% Satisfaction Guarantee - product will be replaced if not satisfied

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Eckrich (Smithfield): Smithfield-owned processed meat brand with smoked sausage, lunch meats, and breakfast products that overlap Daily's portfolio in retail and foodservice channels.
• Applegate Farms: Natural and organic bacon, sausage, and deli meat brand (owned by Hormel) competing in the same premium/natural uncured segment where Daily's has positioned. Comparable product positioning and consumer target.
• Indiana Kitchen (Indiana Packers): US pork processor focused on bacon, ham, and sausage for retail private label and foodservice. Comparable mid-sized, single-protein processor competing in similar channels.
• Hormel Foods: Major US processed meat company whose Black Label, Applegate, and Justin's bacon lines directly compete with Daily's in retail thick-cut and natural bacon. Comparable premium/standard brand portfolio spanning retail and foodservice.
• Smithfield Foods: Largest US pork processor and parent of Eckrich, offering cured bacon, ham, and smoked sausage in the same retail/foodservice channels as Daily's. Directly comparable product mix and pork supply chain.
• Hatfield Quality Meats: Regional US pork processor with comparable premium bacon, breakfast sausage, ham, and smoked sausage lineup. Direct mid-market competitor in foodservice and select retail channels.
• Jimmy Dean Foods (Tyson): National breakfast sausage and refrigerated breakfast brand competing with Daily's breakfast sausage and foodservice breakfast portfolio. Direct breakfast protein overlap.

Broad incumbents

• Boar's Head Provision Co. Premium deli meats and specialty protein brand with comparable premium positioning, broad retail distribution, and emphasis on quality/craft heritage similar to Daily's brand narrative.
• Tyson Foods: Largest US meat processor with broad bacon, breakfast sausage (Jimmy Dean), and ham offerings. Overlaps with Daily's in retail and foodservice, but at vastly greater scale and with national DSD.

Emerging players

• Pederson's Farms: Natural and uncured bacon and sausage specialist targeting the same premium, clean-label consumer as Daily's All-Natural line. Smaller scale but directly comparable product positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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