Article: Indiana Lt. Governor and McDonald's Restaurants Announce Initiative to Aid State Pork Producers.

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 1999--In response to the plight of the

state's pork farmers, Indiana Lt. Governor Joe Kernan today announced a private initiative designed to help relieve the oversupply of Indiana's beleaguered pork producers, by increasing the consumption of Indiana pork by up to 500,000 pounds.

On Friday, over 300 Indiana McDonald's restaurants will bring back the McRib sandwich for seven weeks using pork from Indiana farms, according to McDonald's owner/operator David Sleppy, past president of the Central Indiana McDonald's Restaurants owner/operators cooperative. "We anticipate using up to half a million pounds of pork, and our ...

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