1905 |
David and Teresa Romanoff, recent immigrants from |
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Russia, opened a small meat store in New York City. |
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1920 |
Their two sons, Nathan and Harold, joined them in the |
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business. |
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1931 |
Harold and Nathan started a wholesale route business. |
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They delivered fresh beef to retail stores. Each day |
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they filled up their truck with product and stopped at |
Harold and Nathan on their truck 1936
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butcher shops until the truck was empty. |
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1937 |
The brothers rented space on the Lower West Side of |
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New York City and opened a wholesale meat company. |
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They purchased whole beef carcasses from western
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packers and cut them into smaller cuts to sell to retail |
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stores and restaurants. Their company was located in |
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what is today known as the "Meat Packing District". |
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This enterprise expanded and continued for the next |
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60 years until the company relocated to New Jersey. |
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1939 |
The brothers purchased and operated a slaughter- |
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house in Esterville, Iowa. The plant was sold in 1943. |
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1944
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They purchased another packing house in Chester, |
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New York which sold product to the U.S. Military as well |
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as wholesalers, hotels and restaurants. The plant was |
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sold in 1947. |
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1949 |
Harold and Nathan purchased another slaughterhouse |
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in McCook, Nebraska. This plant serviced the military, |
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the school lunch program, New York State hospitals &
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prisons, retailers and food service companies. |
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December 29th 1944 Jerry Romanoff with his father and brother
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1960 |
The Nebraska facility was one of the first plants to |
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vacuum pack cuts for national distribution, both |
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wholesale and retail. |
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1961 |
Jerry Romanoff, Nathan's son, joined the business, |
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working in both New York and Nebraska. |
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1969 |
The plant was sold to Wal*Mart for a super-center. |
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All operations except slaughtering were moved to |
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New York where the company continued to service the |
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school lunch program, New York State hospitals & |
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prisons and retailers as well as hotels, airlines, cruise |
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ships and restaurants. |
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1978 |
Jerry Romanoff was elected President.
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1979
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Jerry Romanoff was elected Chairman. He retained the
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1980
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Nebraska Meat Corporation in New York was founded.
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1987
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The company added smoked pork offal (pork neckbones,
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hocks, feet, tails, jowls, etc.) and smoked turkey parts
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(smoked drums, wings, necks & tails) to its product line.
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1996
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The company realized the importance of case-ready
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products. It commenced a case-ready program for
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Newark Plant ( Case-Ready )
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smoked & fresh pork offal and smoked & fresh turkey
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1999
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The company moved from New York City to Newark, NJ
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(adjacent to Newark Airport) The new plant is a state-
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of-the-art facility for smoking and packaging overwrap,
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vacuum pack, gas flush, bulk & roll stock product.
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2004
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Maria Paredes was appointed National Sales Manager.
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2005
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Robert Romanoff, a C.P.A, joined the company as Execu-
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tive Vice-President. He had been with his brother,
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Richard, for 10 years in Nebraskaland, Inc. Bronx, NY.
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Nebraskaland is one of the largest distributors in the
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northeast and is now independently owned and
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operated by Richard Romanoff.
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2006
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Nebraska Meat purchased the name and assets of
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LSK Food Products. LSK smoked the same products as
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did Nebraska. However, its customer base was whole-
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sale distributors and food service companies, whereas,
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Nebraska Meat customer base was primarily retailers.
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Raritan Distribution Center
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The purchased resulted in a slight overlapping of clients.
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Nebraska Meat obtained a 53,000-square-foot facility in
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Raritan Center, Edison, NJ. It's a distribution center for
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all of Nebraska Meat's shipments. In addition, the ware-
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house stores and ships products for other companies.
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2007
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Robert Romanoff is elected President of Nebraska Meat.
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Raritan Distribution Center
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2009
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Nebraska Meat moved its distribution center to a larger
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76,000 sq. ft. facility in Rockaway, New Jersey.
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Present |
Today, Nebraska Meat Corporation has a well-trained
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staff of more than 400 employees. The company has the
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largest market share of this smoked meat category in
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the United States and continues to service the retailers,
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wholesale distributors and food service institutions
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Jerry Romanoff and Mayor Corey Booker
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