Hillshire Farm is an American brand of
meat product
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s marketed and owned by
Hillshire Brands
The Hillshire Brands Company was an American food company based in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to its acquisition by Tyson Foods, the company employed over 9,000 people and generated nearly $4 billion in annual sales.
History
Founding and early yea ...
. The company was founded in 1934, and was purchased by
Sara Lee Corporation
The Sara Lee Corporation was an American consumer-goods company based in Downers Grove, Illinois. It had operations in more than 40 countries and sold its products in over 180 countries. Its international operations were headquartered in Utrec ...
in 1971. Friedrich (Fritz) Bernegger, (February 2, 1904 – April 30, 1988) born in
Austria
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, started the business at the facility in
New London, Wisconsin
New London is a city in Outagamie and Waupaca counties Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1851, the population was 7,295 at the 2010 census. Of this, 5,685 were in Waupaca County, and 1,640 were in Outagamie County. The city has an annual Sain ...
.
Hillshire Farm's primary products are
smoked sausage and
Polska kielbasa. The brand introduced smoked sausages to much of the general population of the U.S. as a supermarket food and a nationally advertised food. Hillshire Farm sausages are about two feet long and in the same shape as a
ring bologna.
Due to the popularity of the Hillshire Farms brand of meat products, the Sara Lee Corporation spun off into two companies, the "Hillshire Brands" company and "Sara Lee", in 2012. In 2014,
Tyson Foods
Tyson Foods, Inc. is an American multinational corporation, based in Springdale, Arkansas, that operates in the food industry. The company is the world's second-largest processor and marketer of chicken, beef, and pork after JBS S.A. It annually ...
bought the "Hillshire Brands Company" and remains the current owner of the brand.
Other products
*"Lit'l Smokies", a line of bite-sized smoked sausages
*Packaged deli-sliced meats for sandwiches
*
Summer sausage
Summer sausage is an American term for any sausage that can be kept without refrigeration until opened. Summer sausage is usually a mixture of pork, but may be made of or contain other meats such as beef or venison. Summer sausage is fermente ...
, marketed mostly during the Christmas holiday
*Traditional bone-in hams which are either unsliced or spiral sliced
*Ball park hot dogs
*State Fair corn dogs
See also
*
List of smoked foods
References
External links
Official website
Brand name meats
Sara Lee Corporation brands
Smoked meat
Sausage companies of the United States
1934 establishments in Wisconsin
American companies established in 1934
Food and drink companies established in 1934
Food and drink companies based in Wisconsin
Tyson Foods
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