A Western New York favorite for more than 96 years, Federal Meats is a neighborhood butcher built around fresh preparation and familiar service. Its eight regional stores serve local families, while its custom meat-raffle work gives schools, clubs, and community groups a practical way to raise funds.
House of MeatsHouse of Meats is a family-owned butcher shop serving Northwest Ohio since 1972, with six Toledo-area locations offering fresh meat and prepared favorites such as its homemade kielbasa. The business remains in its founding family, with third-generation co-owners Jim Meads and Kate Horner, and it also provides deer processing at its Alexis and Point Place locations. Its stores are built around an old-fashioned butcher’s-counter approach: trained staff, fair prices, and help choosing what to cook.TOLEDO, OH
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
HiWayMeatsFamily-owned since 1963, HiWayMeats remains rooted in its beginnings as a neighborhood butcher shop serving local families from Womelsdorf. The USDA-inspected market is known for fresh, hand-cut meat and custom processing shaped around customer needs.WOMELSDORF, PA
Arnold's MeatsFamily-run since 1974, Arnold’s Meats grew from a small wholesale business serving area restaurants into a two-store butcher shop and wholesale operation serving Western Massachusetts and Connecticut. Its butchers cut orders to size—from a single steak to quantities for restaurants—and the company has expanded to 160 employees and ten delivery trucks. Alongside its meat counters, Arnold’s offers a self-service deli and a broad selection of grocery and specialty barbecue items.BENSALEM, PA