Since 1910, four generations of the Rittberger family have made beef and pork products in Zanesville, Ohio, supplying wholesale customers and local markets with old-fashioned meats. The company continues to raise cattle on more than 450 acres and smoke meats in its original masonry smokehouse using locally harvested hickory wood. Its recipes and procedures remain rooted in the traditions established by founder Carl Rittberger Sr.
Weaver's of WellsvilleSince Jacob Weaver began cutting meat on his Northern York County farm in 1889, Weaver’s of Wellsville has grown into a fifth-generation, family-owned maker of smoked meats and a food distributor. The Wellsville company still smokes its meats over open fires fueled by locally sourced logs, carrying its old-fashioned bologna and other family recipes from a local butcher shop to customers nationwide. With 75 employees today, Weaver’s also offers private-label production and custom deer-meat processing.WELLSVILLE, PA
Kah Meats & CoFor five generations, Kah Meats & Co. has butchered, processed, and sold meat for Wapakoneta-area families, carrying on a business the Kah family began in the 1890s and has operated since 1898. The family-owned, USDA-inspected plant offers custom processing alongside a retail counter featuring locally raised beef and pork, including in-house bratwurst and other prepared meats. Kah Meats moved to its current Wapakoneta location in 1977, where it continues its long-running hometown butcher-shop tradition.WAPAKONETA, OH
Croghan Meat Market, IncSince 1888, Croghan Meat Market has made traditional cured and smoked meats in its Croghan, New York, processing plant and retail shop, best known for the Swiss-style ring sausage that became Croghan Bologna. The Campany family has carried the business through four generations, continuing to make its recipes from scratch at the same Main Street location while selling to customers across Northern New York and beyond. Its federally inspected plant combines that long local history with modern food-safety oversight.CROGHAN, NY
Tank's Meats IncSince Fred Tank began selling fresh meat in downtown Elmore in 1907, Tank’s Meats has grown into a family-owned wholesale meat supplier and retail butcher shop. The company is now operated by the fourth generation, while members of the fifth generation work in the business, and its house-made sausage tradition—begun with a Swiss sausage maker in the mid-1950s—remains a signature. Tank’s serves Northwest Ohio restaurants and retail customers with professionally cut meat, custom orders, and freezer packages.ELMORE, OH