Born in Baltimore’s Broadway Market from the partnership of Dutch-trained butchers Erik Oosterwijk and Leo Pruissen, Fells Point Wholesale Meats supplies restaurants and other food businesses with fresh meat and specialty foods. Founded in 1993, the company now operates from a modern Southwest Baltimore production plant, where its butchers prepare custom cuts and daily ground beef while maintaining the Old World craft its founders learned in Holland. Its Mid-Atlantic Farm Program also connects customers with fresh products from regional farms.
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
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
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
Blue Ribbon Meats & SeafoodSince 1948, family-run Blue Ribbon Meats & Seafood has supplied Cleveland-area food-service businesses with wholesale meat and seafood while preserving the personal service of a neighborhood butcher shop. Founded by Albert P. Radis, the company remains known for professionally cut orders made to customer specifications, in-house sausages developed from family recipes, and a fresh seafood program that includes Lake Erie perch and walleye. Blue Ribbon has featured Certified Angus Beef® as its premier beef brand since 1994 and delivers six days a week.CLEVELAND, OH