| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Jim Schorno |
Chief Technology Officer | Profile |
Monogram Foods is a manufacturer and marketer of ready-to-eat jerky (beef, bacon, turkey and chicken), a full line of other meat snacks, hot dogs, corn dogs, sausages, frozen appetizers, pet snacks, gourmet foods, and other value-added meats. Recently recognized as a great place to work by the Memphis Business Journal, Monogram Foods is recognized on INC Magazine’s annual list of America’s fastest-growing privately held companies for eight years in a row. Headquartered in Memphis, TN, we operate 8 processing plants located in MN, VA, IA, IN, TX, WI, and MA employing over 2,500 team members. We engage in branded, private label and co-packing and sell nationally through broad ranges of distribution channels including mass merchants, convenience stores, grocery, dollar stores, foodservice and drug stores. We are a GROWTH COMPANY, where PEOPLE ARE OUR MOST IMPORTANT ASSET. We focus on providing high quality, value-added meat products that consumers love. We are committed to CUSTOMER PARTNERSHIPS, where we can mutually grow the categories in which we compete through innovative solutions. At the heart of Monogram Foods are deep commitments to attract and retain the best talent within the meat industry, to foster an enjoyable family culture and to serve the communities in which we do business. Want to work for a fast growing, innovative, well respected company that cares about people? Visit us at www.monogramfoods.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Monogram Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Providing financial services for agriculture and rural communities. Crop insurance, operating loans, farm loans, country home loans, beginning producers, business education, rural appraisals, lot loans
Gourmet Gorilla is where you can order meals, find out more information about our services, and submit a request for education tours.
Our family here started with our founders – Marine and Stephanie and their husbands too (#Teamwork). Little by little we grew into a family of 25, joining us from places all over world. And today, our home is in the sunshine state in beautiful Coral Gables, FL - just a few minutes outside of Miami. Not a bad place to call home, right? From day 1, the mission of our founders has been to make eating fruits easier. So we started digging. Did you know that when you ask U.S. consumers which snack they prefer most, fruit is the #1 choice? But in actuality, fruit is the #5 most eaten snack. In fact, 1 out of every 2 Moms in the U.S. doesn`t think her family is eating enough fruit. So what`s stopping us from eating more of the fruit we want?
In 1960, a small meat processing operation named Quaker Maid Meats was founded. Since then, this family-owned company has grown to over 100 workers in three production plants. Originally, wafer-thin-sliced beef filets (muscle steaks) were the company’s mainstay. Soon Quaker Maid added breaded veal and beef patties, primarily for the institutional and restaurant markets and began manufacturing a variety of other portion-controlled meat products. In 1968, the company acquired a parcel of land on Carroll Street in Reading, PA, where its main plant is still located. Growth continued with ""Buttered Beef Steaks"" and ""Cubed Beef Steaks,"" along with a solid muscle sandwich steak, hamburger patties and veal steaks. In the early 1970’s, rising beef prices created the need to develop a chopped and formed sandwich steak. This product became the company's largest mainstay growth item and allowed it to compete directly with national brand, Steak-umm®. Because of the sandwich steak's success, the first expansion of the Carroll Street plant also took place during this time. In late 1979, Quaker Maid formulated its version of the fully cooked Italian style meatball (later named Mama Lucia Italian Style Meatballs), adding another item to help customers fill out their orders. The company also designed a continuous meatball-forming, freezing operation that revolutionized the manufacturing process. The meatballs helped expand Quaker Maid’s market share on the Eastern seaboard and into the Chicago market. In 1985, the company purchased another production facility to accommodate the meatball growth. Within two years, additional production capacity was required to support the entire product line. In 1987 the company purchased additional land in Reading in preparation for a new facility. In 1990 ground was broken for a new 4,000-square-foot office building, additional 15,000 square feet of processing area, and 10,000 square feet of freezer and tempering room. In 2005 a third plant was built to again increase capacity, bringing Quaker Maid's total production facility size to over 110,000 square feet. Quaker Maid's product line is continuously updated and currently includes all-beef sandwich steaks and fully cooked meatballs that are quick and easy to prepare, nutritious, and packaged under a variety of brand labels. Distribution spans all the major supermarkets and many large food service establishments throughout the United States and Bermuda. Quaker Maid continually implements the newest technologies available to produce the highest quality products and enhance the plants’ safety and sanitary environment. Our quality assurance department has been certified by the United States Department of Agriculture to participate in their TQC (Total Quality Control) program. Although we are constantly monitored by the USDA, this certification shifts the major responsibility from federal meat inspectors to our own quality assurance staff. Today, Quaker Maid Meats, Inc. remains a family-operated business with an unswerving dedication to quality, value and service. Our goal remains simple: to provide superior portion-controlled frozen meat products, manufactured with the best natural ingredients available, delivered to our customers at a fair and reasonable price.