Founded in 1945 as a butcher shop behind the Godshall family home in Telford, Pennsylvania, Godshall’s Quality Meats now makes real-wood-smoked specialty meats, best known for its turkey and beef bacon. The company remains under third-generation family leadership while operating as an employee-owned business with more than 500 employee-owners. Its products reach family tables nationwide, backed by smokehouse traditions and a USDA-certified innovation center.
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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
Bardine's Country SmokehouseA fourth-generation butcher family, Bardine’s Country Smokehouse makes fresh and smoked meats at its Pennsylvania meat market, including products from its own award-winning beef operation. Family-owned and led by Gary Bardine, the shop has earned more than 200 state and national awards, including nine Best of Show honors, while Gary was inducted into the Cured Meats Hall of Fame in 2018.CRABTREE, PA
Landes Fresh MeatsSince 1946, Landes Fresh Meats has made bacon and sausage in the hands-on tradition started by founder Earl Landes, who built a smokehouse behind his home after customers asked for smoked meats. The Clayton, Ohio, company remains family-owned across four generations, combining that smokehouse heritage with modern technology and science. Its products now reach select retailers and foodservice locations across the United States and the Bahamas, while its recyclable bacon packaging uses 75% less plastic.CLAYTON, OH
Laudermilch MeatsFounded by three Laudermilch brothers in 1919, Laudermilch Meats is a family-owned and operated Pennsylvania country butcher shop that hand-cuts and processes fresh meats in Annville. Its own smokehouse produces signature double-smoked hams and Lebanon bologna, while the in-house kitchen and bakery carry the old-fashioned tradition into homemade prepared foods and scratch-baked goods. The shop continues to pair those family recipes with personal, full-service attention.ANNVILLE, PA