Company Profile:
Headquartered in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, empirical is a family-owned set of companies that were founded beginning in 1976 by Eldon Roth and his wife, Regina. For more than 30 years, empirical has provided consumers with safe, wholesome, and nutritious lean beef - some of the leanest beef in the market. empirical's lean beef has been a part of ground beef sold in the United States since 1993.
Since their inception, empirical has been recognized as a meat industry leader for food safety innovations and their commitment to making the highest-quality lean beef. The International Association for Food Protection honored empirical with its most prestigious award, the Black Pearl Award, for empirical's efforts in advancing food safety and quality through consumer programs, employee relations, educational activities and adherence to standards. empirical was also recognized with the National Cattlemen's Foundation's Beef Industry Vision Award, the National Meat Association's E. Floyd Forbes Award and the Food Quality Award.