Officials said Southeastern Provisions contracts with a trucking company, which has its own subcontracting agreements with other trucking companies. (Pexels)

Where’s the Beef? | Fake Trucking Company Steals 80K Pounds of Meat from Bean Station Slaughterhouse, Sheriff Says

Posted on March 27, 2025

Bean Station, TN (WOKI) An investigation is underway in Grainger County
after two tractor-trailers containing more than 40 thousand pounds of beef each had been stolen from Southeastern Provisions, a slaughterhouse in Bean Station.

Officials with the Grainger County Sheriff’s Office say Southeastern Provisions contracts with a trucking company, which has its own subcontracting agreements with other trucking companies.

GCSO says it appears a fake company claiming to be a contractor picked up the two shipments of 80 thousand pounds of beef which have yet to be recovered.

The investigation remains ongoing.

*Officials said Southeastern Provisions contracts with a trucking company, which has its own subcontracting agreements with other trucking companies*. (*Pexels*)

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