Tom Allen Promoted to COO of Standard Meat Co.

Tom Allen, who has managed Standard Meat Co.’s Saginaw, Texas, plant has been promoted to chief operating officer of the whole company.

Allen is an eight-year veteran of the Dallas-Fort Worth-based, family-owned company, which has plants in Dallas, Fort Worth, Saginaw and Ponder, Texas. Before joining Standard Meat, Allen worked for Cargill, ultimately leading a pair of their beef processing facilities.

Standard Meat is a global supplier of custom meat portioning and packaging solutions for the food service and retail industries. It's been around since 1935.