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  From small-town smoke to big-time sizzle, we've been 
serving your family for 90 years

Meat that moves you

Best farms. Best practices. Best meat, period. Our expertly crafted cuts create sensory experiences — flavor parades, sizzle symphonies, juicy mic drops.

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Bringing big flavor energy 
since 1935 

It all started on a little family farm in New London, Wisconsin. A bold Austrian butcher named Friedrich "Fritz" Bernegger came in hot with old-school European sausage skills and a whole lotta smoke. 

Armed with a dream, a few great cuts of meat, and a no-compromise attitude, he built Hillshire Farm on one bold belief: only the best or nothing at all.  

The kind of quality you can’t fake

Nearly a century later, we’re still carrying that torch — crafting premium, crave-worthy products the whole crew can get behind.   

We slow-roast our lunchmeat, smoke our sausage to perfection and make sure every bite hits like a family recipe passed down with pride. Fritz set the bar high and we’ve been raising it ever since. 

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