Blake’s 1st hamburger hamlet was a 270 square foot building at Southern and San Mateo and hamburgers were selling for 35 cents. That was more than 50 years ago. The commitment to quality was important then and likewise is now. As Lotaburger grew the founder wanted to make sure that the quality continued and over 20 years ago turned to Certified Angus Beef (CAB) to help ensure that. The Certified Angus Beef Program began in 1978 as a way to provide assurances of beef quality. Looking back over all of this time one employee of 43 years recently said that she remembers well the change to CAB and felt that it helped maintain the companies high quality standards. You can hear the pride she has for how good our products are as she tells this story and thinks back to that time.

Today Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB) functions as a not- for profit division of the American Angus Association and is made up of more than 33,000 Angus breeders who are dedicated to producing high quality beef, superior in taste and tenderness. The CAB brand is the industry’s oldest and most successful band. It takes that type of commitment to stay on top over a lot of years. Blake’s and CAB have been at it a long time.

The farmers and ranchers who bring you Certified Angus Beef are committed to quality. Their goal is to provide a mouthwatering eating experience and they have your satisfaction in mind at all times. The Certified Angus Beef ® brand. It’s so good, less than 8% of all beef makes the grade.

Consumers want high-quality, branded beef
Beef reigns supreme in consumers' protein choices, according to research released earlier this year from West Texas A&M University. Nearly half of consumers surveyed put beef as their No. 1 protein choice, and 97% indicated they ate beef between one and 12 times each week.