Standard Meat Company
Tom Allen
Fort Worth-based Standard Meat Company announced this week that Tom Allen had been promoted to chief operating officer.
Allen moves from vice president and general manager of the company’s Saginaw facility, a position he had held for the past eight years. As the COO, Allen will oversee all company operations, with a focus on efficiency and ensuring those operations are on track with the company’s strategic goals.
“Tom has done an incredible job with our Saginaw facility,” says Ben Rosenthal, co-president and CEO. “Beginning in 2014, he served as the vice president and general manager of the facility, during which sales have almost quadrupled. His experience led us to tremendous growth in Saginaw. Now, his insight and vision will focus on our entire operation and not a single facility.”
Before joining Standard Meat, Allen worked for Cargill, ultimately leading a pair of their beef processing facilities. In those facilities, he supervised thousands of employees and oversaw harvesting as many as 6,000-head of cattle per day, according to a press release. Allen has a bachelor’s in business from Oklahoma State University.
Standard Meat is a family-owned meat processing and packaging company with plants in Fort Worth, Dallas, Ponder, and Saginaw. The company is a global supplier of custom meat portioning and packaging solutions for the food service and retail industries.
As part of senior leadership, Allen will lead the development of Standard Meat’s five-year strategic growth plan.
“Tom had extraordinary experience in the meat industry before joining us at Standard Meat Company,” says Ashli Rosenthal Blumenfeld, Standard Meat co-president. “He has worked in many of the most important meat-producing locations across North America. His stellar performance in Saginaw is only a preview of what he will do as chief operating officer.”