WA_PY031

DATE:  Jan. 14, 2004

PURCHASE AND OFFER TO BUY:  DELI-STYLE TURKEY BREAST

     The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) today purchased 800,000 pounds of deli-style turkey
breast at a cost of approximately $1,141,000 for school lunch and
other domestic food nutrition assistance programs.  Details of
todays purchase follow:

                                 Awarded Prices       No. of Bids
Product            Pounds        Inv. No. 12          Accepted

deli-style         520,000       $1.4141-$1.4291      1 of 3
  turkey breast

deli-style smoked  280,000       $1.4288-$1.4352      1 of 2
  turkey breast

     Next offers under Announcement PY-270 are due by 12 noon,
Central Time, on the following date:

                                       Acceptance
Inv.                         Offer     Not Later    Delivery
Number     Product            Date     Than Date    Period
13        deli-style turkey  Jan. 26   Jan. 30      March 1-15
           breast & smoked
           turkey breast 

     Total purchases of deli-style turkey breast since the
program was announced on July 9, 2003, follow:

                        Cumulative                Cumulative
Product                 Pounds                    Dollars

deli-style              7,920,000                 $10,220,000
  turkey breast (large)

deli-style smoked       1,960,000                 $ 2,568,000
  turkey breast (large)

deli-style                400,000                 $   544,000
  turkey breast (small)

     Inquiries may be made by telephoning (202) 720-7693 
or addressing the Contracting Officer, USDA/AMS/Poultry 
Programs, Commodity Procurement Branch STOP 0260, 1400
Independence Ave., SW, Washington, D.C. 20250.  An electronic
version of this Food Purchase Report can be obtained through the
world wide web via the Commodity Procurement Home Page at
http://www.ams.usda.gov/cp.

	The awards for deli-style turkey breast made today under
Announcement PY-270, Invitation 12, to be delivered from Feb. 16
to Feb. 29, follow:

 ANNOUNCEMENT   : PY270
 COMM GROUP     : TURKEY, FROZEN
 INVITATION     : 012

 COMMODITY TYPE : TURKEY BREAST, DELI
 PACK SIZE      : 40 LB CONTAINER

 CONTRACTOR NAME: CAROLINA TURKEYS
 PLANT ADDRESS  : MT. OLIVE       NC

 ITEM   ----DESTINATION----     QUANTITY     PRICE PER
  NUM        CITY        ST     (LBS )        (LB  )
 ----   ---------------- --   -----------   -----------
  001   NATICK           MA        20,000   $    1.4281
        SPRINGFIELD      MA        20,000   $    1.4281
  002   NATICK           MA        10,000   $    1.4281
        TAUNTON          MA        30,000   $    1.4281
  003   WILMINGTON       MA        40,000   $    1.4241
  004   AUGUSTA          ME        40,000   $    1.4291
  005   CRANSTON         RI        40,000   $    1.4228
  006   ASHLAND          VA        16,000   $    1.4241
        MADISON HEIGHTS  VA         8,000   $    1.4241
        SUFFOLK          VA        16,000   $    1.4241
  007   MIAMI PLANTATIO  FL        40,000   $    1.4202
  008   WINTER HAVEN     FL        40,000   $    1.4162
  009   AMERICUS         GA        30,000   $    1.4167
        COLUMBUS         GA        10,000   $    1.4167
  010   JACKSON          MS        40,000   $    1.4215
  011   EAST BERNSTADT   KY        10,000   $    1.4269
        FAIRFIELD        OH        15,000   $    1.4269
        MARTIN           TN        15,000   $    1.4269
  012   CLEVELAND        GA        24,400   $    1.4207
        CHATTANOOGA      TN        15,600   $    1.4207
  013   LEBANON          TN        40,000   $    1.4141

 TOTAL AWARDED:            520,000

 ANNOUNCEMENT   : PY270
 COMM GROUP     : TURKEY, FROZEN
 INVITATION     : 012

 COMMODITY TYPE : TURKEY BREAST, DELI, SMOKED
 PACK SIZE      : 40 LB CONTAINER

 CONTRACTOR NAME: CAROLINA TURKEYS
 PLANT ADDRESS  : MT. OLIVE       NC

 ITEM   ----DESTINATION----     QUANTITY     PRICE PER
  NUM        CITY        ST     (LBS )        (LB  )
 ----   ---------------- --   -----------   -----------
  023   BARTOW           FL        20,000   $    1.4352
        FORT MYERS       FL        20,000   $    1.4352
  024   MIAMI PLANTATIO  FL        40,000   $    1.4352
  025   MIAMI PLANTATIO  FL        20,000   $    1.4352
        WINTER HAVEN     FL        20,000   $    1.4352
  026   CLEVELAND        GA        22,000   $    1.4288
        CHATTANOOGA      TN        18,000   $    1.4288
  027   JONESBORO        GA        30,000   $    1.4288
        MACON            GA        10,000   $    1.4288
  028   CONYERS          GA        10,000   $    1.4288
        LAWRENCEVILLE    GA        30,000   $    1.4288

  029   CLEVELAND        GA        16,000   $    1.4288
        CHATTANOOGA      TN        24,000   $    1.4288

 TOTAL AWARDED:            280,000

 

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