In Its Centennial Year, Coast Packing Unveils Interactive Online Presence Built for Consumers, Food Services Trade – and All Who Value Animal Fats as the Soul of Flavor

New National TasteMap^® Offers Realtime Access to 1500+ Spots Where Diners
Can Taste the Difference Lard and Beef Tallow Make in Popular Dishes

VERNON, Calif. (November 17, 2022) – As Coast Packing, the largest supplier of animal fat shortenings in the Western U.S. observes its centennial year, the company is rolling out a refreshed, interactive, top-to-bottom online experience aimed at educating as it engages. Architected in association with New York-based Lounge Lizard, Coast Packing online serves the gamut of Coast’s constituents: major manufacturers, CPG companies, QSR and fast-food restaurant chains, broad-line foodservice distributors, retailers, smaller food service operations, and leading bakeries.

“We’ve done a deep dive on what our various audiences want and need, and have adapted our online presence accordingly,” said Eric R. Gustafson, Coast CEO. With our updated site, improved interactivity is just where it starts. Our mantra throughout the redesign has been simple: use the online medium to comprehensively anticipate and address the needs of Coast’s diverse and growing customer base while advancing our position as a thought leader for animal fats in the food industry.”

The new site showcases Coast’s interactive, evolving TasteMap^® — a national initiative built on more than five years of pointing consumers to places where they can taste the difference lard and beef tallow make in all kinds of food. The map lists some 1500+ establishments across the country and growing. Originally an outgrowth of Coast’s participation in the NMCA and PDRA drag racing circuits, TasteMap combines all of the past editions (maps) into one interactive destination, which can be sorted by various filters, such as location, fat, type of establishment, or popular food item or holiday.

Coast’s expanded online presence also serves as a growing repository for recipes – unique to Coast, through Corporate Chef Greg Hozinsky and the company’s annual #LardLovers Contest, among other sources. The site is the go-to resource for Coast’s full line of products; food industry news; company announcements; news coverage, including Coast/Ipsos consumer opinion surveys; Coast’s blog; highlights from Coast’s R&E Racing team; current employment opportunities with the company; newsletter signup; and more.

About Coast Packing Company

Now marking its 100th year in business, Coast Packing Company (www.coastpacking.com), a closely held corporation, is the number one supplier of animal fat shortenings – particularly lard and beef tallow — in the Western United States. The company sells to major manufacturers, CPG companies, QSR and fast-food restaurant chains, broad-line foodservice distributors, retailers, smaller food service operations, and leading bakeries. The company participates actively in diverse ethnic markets – from Hispanic retail chains, with its VIVA^® brand, to various Asian specialty markets.

Based in Vernon, Calif., Coast Packing Company is regional, national and, increasingly, global. In some cases, relationships are multigenerational, extending back 50 years and more. Coast is a founding member of the Healthy Fats Coalition (http://www.healthyfatscoalition.org/).

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