Founded in 1997 by Rob Rubin and John Pelusi after careers in profit-driven salad companies, Packer Avenue Foods makes hand-prepared deli salads and dips from its South Philadelphia facility. The company began in the former Abbotts dairy building and focuses on traditional recipes made from scratch rather than chasing the biggest range or trendiest products. Its facility is USDA, FDA, and Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture inspected and HACCP compliant.
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Don's Prepared FoodsDonald Skloff founded Don’s Prepared Foods in 1970 after learning the trade in a Philadelphia delicatessen, launching the business with his wife Roz from a small kitchen. More than five decades later, the family-founded company still prepares fresh foods in Schwenksville for retail and foodservice customers, with its recipes shaped by a simple rule: make nothing it would not serve its own family. Don’s says 90 percent of its products ship within 24 hours to help preserve freshness.SCHWENKSVILLE, PA
Golden Taste IncGolden Taste has been making freshly prepared kosher salads, dips and related foods since 1996, when it began with five family-style recipes. The company keeps ingredient selection, preparation and packaging under one roof at its own facility, serving retail and foodservice customers nationwide with foods prepared fresh daily. Its kosher parve offerings are made for both Passover and year-round use, with HACCP-based food-safety practices guiding production.SPRING VALLEY, NY
Herold’s SaladsHerold’s Salads is a family food manufacturer founded in Cleveland in the mid-1920s by Fred and Della Herold, originally making corn meal mush before developing salads for local grocers and delicatessens. The family business later expanded into retail-container and bulk production, and now makes premium salads and homemade desserts for grocers, delicatessens, and restaurants. The company says it offers custom manufacturing for wholesalers, distributors, and retailers.CLEVELAND, OH
Dietz & WatsonSince 1939, four generations of the Dietz family have made deli meats and cheeses in Philadelphia, beginning with Gottlieb Dietz’s original German bratwurst recipe. The family-owned company still hand-spices its meats and slow-roasts them without artificial flavors, fillers, colors or MSG, carrying old-fashioned care into a broad range of deli foods and snacks.PHILADELPHIA, PA