For more than 100 years, four generations of the Passanante family have built Agostino Foods into a food manufacturer and supplier specializing in custom-cut meats and fully cooked sous vide foods. From its USDA-inspected, SQF-certified facility, the company serves food-service and direct-box businesses with portion-controlled products, private-label programs, and steakhouse selections shaped by its dry- and wet-aging expertise. Agostino also offers ready-to-eat proteins designed to move from freezer to table with minimal preparation.
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Pat LaFrieda Meat PurveyorsFor more than a century, Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors has supplied restaurants and hotels with custom-cut meats, carrying the tradition into its fourth generation. Its North Bergen processing facility functions as a custom butcher shop, with a 12,000-primal holding room and a burger program that produces more than 100 blends each night to customers’ specifications. The company works with small domestic farms and delivers nationally to food-service customers, while also offering its meats directly to home cooks.BENSALEM, PA
Pasqualichio Brothers, Inc. / Butcher Van GourmetFounded in 1980 by four brothers, Pasqualichio Brothers, Inc. is a family-owned Jessup, Pennsylvania meat processor and distributor behind the Butcher Van Gourmet private-label line. The company began supplying fresh meat to supermarkets in the region before shifting toward retail-ready, value-added products, including labor-intensive specialties such as bracioles and hand-tied roasts. Its multigenerational operation now serves grocery partners across the United States and international customers through a USDA federally inspected plant and customizable manufacturing programs.JESSUP, PA
Lanning's FoodsFounded in Mount Vernon in 1969, Lanning’s Foods is a family-run fresh-food business supplying custom-cut meats and produce through both its retail store and wholesale operation. The Gilardi family purchased the company in 1989, and it is now operated by third-generation family members serving customers across Ohio from its USDA-inspected Central Ohio facility. Lanning’s is also an SQF Quality Certified Supplier, with audit scores of 95 or higher.MOUNT VERNON, OH
J.T.M. Food GroupBorn from Jack Maas Sr.’s 1960 Cincinnati-area butcher shop, J.T.M. Food Group now makes fully cooked frozen foods and culinary solutions for foodservice, schools, retailers, and the military. Still family-owned and operated, the Harrison-based company carries its butcher-shop roots into a 100-million-pound annual production operation, with four generations of Maas family involvement. J.T.M. is especially distinctive for combining large-scale food processing with custom menu development and kettle-crafted sauces, soups, and fillings.HARRISON, OH