Since opening as a Columbus retail shop in the 1920s, Karn Meats has grown into an independently owned Midwest processor of custom wholesale meat products and fully cooked, human-grade pet-food components. The company develops private-label recipes for food-service and further-processing customers, with separate grinding and cooking facilities that support production of up to 15,000 pounds per hour. Karn Meats operates as a USDA-inspected, SQF-certified facility under a HACCP food-safety plan.
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Phillips Meats LLCSince 1974, family-owned and operated Phillips Meats has turned locally raised Ohio livestock into custom-processed meats for farmers, restaurants, retailers, and institutions. Founded by Dean and Nancy Phillips, the Zanesville company has grown from a two-room operation into a federally inspected facility, while keeping processing, smoking, and custom cutting in-house. Its private-label capabilities and made-to-order cutting give wholesale customers a local partner for products tailored to their specifications.ZANESVILLE, OH
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
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
Hasselbach MeatsSince Ervin Hasselbach slaughtered his first hogs for Fremont-area neighbors in 1931, Hasselbach Meats has grown into a family-owned butcher shop and meat processor serving Northwest Ohio. The operation works with area-fed livestock and handles custom butchering in-house, including curing and smoking, while its meat market is known for old-fashioned specialties such as homemade lunch meats and sausages.FREMONT, OH