May 31 Meeting - Jeff Barnard, Universal Pure

This meeting will be in a hybrid format.  NO RSVP Required.  

Lunch price: $16. Lunch includes a buffet with an entree, garden salad with dressing, seasonal vegetables, starch, roll, coffee/tea/water. 

Meeting only: $0

Jeff serves as President at Universal Pure and is the company’s longest tenured employee. With 35+ years of experience in the food industry, mainly in the protein segment, Jeff is very passionate about food safety and the role Universal Pure plays in the market. Jeff’s experience has spanned sales and leadership positions at Cook Family Foods, ConAgra Brands, and Omaha Steaks.

Founded in 2001 as a cold storage warehouse facility in Lincoln, NE, Universal Pure has deep roots in the cold supply chain. Over time our customers’ needs grew for other integrated food and beverage services, so we expanded our capabilities and footprint to meet the needs of our growing customer base.

Universal Pure is a one-stop-shop service provider to the food and beverage industry, offering a suite of cold chain solutions across six U.S. facilities.

Companies outsource with Universal Pure for inventory management and cold chain services: High Pressure Processing (HPP), cold storage, kitting and assembly, beverage co-packing, tempering, pre-pricing, code dating, netting, inventory management, and more. Our customers leverage our technical expertise, quality assurance, engineering and cold chain expert resources in order to bring safe, fresh, and cleaner-label products to market.

We are dedicated to insuring the safety and quality of foods and beverages from beginning to end. As a customer-centric cold chain and HPP service provider, Universal Pure’s six U.S. locations and 18 HPP machines in operation make it the largest service provider of HPP services globally.