Newport Meat of Nevada, formerly known as Desert Meats, a Sysco Specialty Meat Company is the finest specialty meat distributor in the southern Nevada food service market operating from a 50,000-square-foot, state of the art, USDA inspected processing and distribution facility in Las Vegas. It distributes more than 2,000 products, including fresh and frozen specialty and variety meats, aged beef, pork, lamb, veal, poultry and processed meat. The company's diverse base of customers includes more than 200 Las Vegas mega-resorts, hotel-casinos, and fine "white tablecloth" restaurants. Desert Meats & Provisions was founded in 1978 and it was acquired by Sysco Corporation in 2006.