Family owned in Northeast Ohio since 1920, Fresh Mark makes quality meat products under its Sugardale and Superior’s Brand Meats names. What began with 28 employees and one packing and processing building has grown to more than 2,700 employees across four nearby production and distribution facilities. The company also supports local nonprofits and supplied more than 650,000 community meals in one year.
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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
Mark's Custom Meats LLCMark’s Custom Meats is a family-owned Pennsylvania business founded by Mark and Kim Bair in 1994, with their two sons now carrying the company into its next generation. It began as a custom processing facility for local farmers and neighbors and remains rooted in careful workmanship, humane animal treatment, and meat raised within 30 miles of its shop.311612HOWARD, 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
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