Fifty miles. One pod. Yours if you claim it first.
Every pod comes with an exclusive 50-mile radius, and we place four to seven a quarter per state in the order producers commit. Nebraska is open now. Find your county, put your name on it, and we call with a site timeline.
- Each pod comes with an exclusive 50-mile radius. No other Meat Pod franchisee operates inside it.
- We consider four to seven applicants per state per quarter, in the order producers commit.
- Nebraska is open now. Other states open as franchise registration completes, and the list decides where we go next.
- Click your county to put your name on it. No cost, no commitment. We call with a site timeline.
Drive the beef from the pod to the plant.
Every line is a planned leg from a pod to its nearest packing plant. Click one to claim it. Pins are approximate until a site is signed.
How route claims work.
Routes start as a single leg from a pod to the packing plant. As outlets sign on, legs get added and the drivers already on the line get first call.
Rules and vehicle requirements are summarized here and spelled out in the carrier agreement. Not an offer of employment. See the FDD Access page for how routes relate to the franchise.
- What is a route claim?
- An application, not an assignment. You tell us which legs you would run and what you drive. Routes are assigned when a pod is placed and an outlet is signed, under a written carrier agreement.
- What if two drivers claim the same route?
- We consider claims in order: drivers already running a leg on that loop, then the franchisee whose pod the route serves or a driver they name, then Nebraska Farmers Network members, then everyone else in the order the claims came in.
- Am I an employee or a contractor?
- A contractor. You hold your own USDOT number, operating authority where it applies, and insurance. There is a published rate card per leg, you are free to take other freight, and backhaul is encouraged.
- I do not have a reefer or a hanging rail. Can I still claim?
- Yes. The network owns refrigerated trailers with hanging rails, staged at the pods and the plant. The standard trailer is 48 feet and about 15,000 to 16,000 pounds empty; a day's harvest from a base pod adds about 12,500 pounds of carcasses, so you are pulling roughly 28,000 pounds loaded. You bring a semi truck rated for that, your authority, and your insurance, and we bring the trailer. Want your own rig? Lease-to-own is available through our equipment partner.
- What training do I need?
- FDA's free one-hour carrier course for the Sanitary Transportation rule, completed before your first load, plus a one-hour onboarding at the plant on rail loading, wash-out, and temperature logs. We keep both records on file.
- What do the legs pay?
- Rates are on the rate card in the carrier agreement, set at or above market. They are not published here.
The state is registered and no pod has been placed within 50 miles. Claim it and you are first in line for that radius.
A producer has signed and the site is in prep: slab, utilities, livestock handling. The radius is held while the pod is built.
A pod is on the ground and inspected. Neighbors inside the radius process through it rather than placing their own.
Territory status is updated as agreements are signed. Producers on the list are counted from waitlist signups by county; names are never shown. Not a franchise offer; see the FDD Access page.