not a cook, not a fussy eater, I'll eat what my wife makes me, but our baked ham last night was saltier than a salt mine.

And just because they're Chinese doesn't mean they make garbage. I'm just saying it's weird to see stereotypes about a food a culture is known for being quite good at making.

A Chinese holding company bankrolled by the CCP is not the same as a family run Chinese restaurant.

There is also a near 100% chance you eat Tyson foods and love the shit out of it, they own so many things it's not just the stuff with a Tyson branded logo. I don't know that much about Shineway/WH but Smithfield already worked like that. It's just a giant corporation that subcontracts out to independent producers same as every other giant US ag company.

Tyson's is stuff like fucking Jimmy Dean. They almost entirely focus on high-volume/low-margin foods. As I understand Smithfield is more "mid-market". There's an entire market between the false dichotomy you present of either Tyson-like or artisanal. I would expect most mid-market brands to be bought by Tyson to end up losing quality and being pushed towards higher volumes. As I understand, that's actually what eventually happened to Jimmy Dean (which if I'm not mistaken, originally started as a mid-market product).

So yeah, I would totally expect a brand bought by a Chinese holding company to go the same way, and lose quality as they're pushed to expand the market even more.

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