Smucker's Meats

MOUNT JOY, PA

Smucker’s Meats is a third generation meat processing company. In 1965 David Smucker purchased a small custom butcher shop in Manheim, Pa. He had spent the previous eight years working for his brother-in-law cutting meat and going to a farmers market. Now he and his family were able to focus their energies on custom cutting beef and hogs for local farmers. From the very beginning the family was a vital link in production. Martha, David’s wife, wrapped the meat to be frozen and also did all the bookkeeping. The kids would help out after school every day and as they grew up assumed more and more responsibility. That business grew steadily slaughtering approximately 20 cattle and 15 hogs weekly over the winter months. Summer was the slow time allowing the family to catch their breath and also do some traveling.
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