BACON, SAVE THE

(colloquial) escape or help someone to escape from a danger, e.g., of being killed or hurt or a failing to do something. From the care taken by people of earlier times to save the bacon which was laid up for winter use from the dogs which frequented their households. —SHSBC Binder 32 Approved Glossary

(slang) spare something from loss or harm. A variation of the phrase to save one's bacon. And I went ahead, then, into the field of management, and started in on organization to save the bacon of some of these organizations who had begun to slip.