For 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.
Agostino FoodsFor more than 100 years, four generations of the Passanante family have built Agostino Foods into a food manufacturer and supplier specializing in custom-cut meats and fully cooked sous vide foods. From its USDA-inspected, SQF-certified facility, the company serves food-service and direct-box businesses with portion-controlled products, private-label programs, and steakhouse selections shaped by its dry- and wet-aging expertise. Agostino also offers ready-to-eat proteins designed to move from freezer to table with minimal preparation.FALLSINGTON, PA
Leidy's Premium MeatsSince 1893, five-generation Leidy’s Premium Meats has produced premium pork in Souderton, carrying traditional craft into modern meat production. Its pork comes from animals raised humanely by local farm families and fed an all-natural, all-grain diet developed by Leidy’s, while its small-batch Nature’s Tradition line centers on certified Duroc heritage hogs. The company also works with retailers, food-service operators and supply-chain partners on customized meat programs.SOUDERTON, PA
Plymouth Beef CompanyStarted in New York City’s Meat District in 1963, family-owned Plymouth Beef Company makes hamburger patties and ground beef for foodservice, restaurant and retail customers. The third-generation business now operates from a state-of-the-art facility in the Hunts Point Market, producing orders to customer specifications rather than shipping from standing inventory. Plymouth Beef has maintained SQF Level 3 food-safety certification for more than 10 consecutive years.BRONX, NY
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