John R Morreale Inc

Peer Foods is on the cutting edge of mass customization. It manufactures and distributes a variety of meat products, including bacon, beef, ham, other pork, poultry and sausage to the food service industry. Employee-owned Peer Foods uses traditional natural hickory and hardwood cooking methods to prepare its smoked and roasted meats. Peer also has a culinary center that develops restaurant menus. Along with its 95,000 square foot facility in Chicago, Peer also has a plant in Columbus, Ind., with 130,000 square feet of operation space. Peer has been in continuous operation since 1922. Its beginnings date back to 1867, when Christian Buehler Sr. entered the meatpacking industry with his own pork-packing and general butchering operation in Peoria, Ill.

Trim-Rite Food Corporation has been in the pork boning business for more than 60 years.The company s products and divisions include hams; St. Louis-style ribs; and special cuts and custom products. It offers a variety of services to processors; and restaurants and distributors. For processors, the company delivers to their specific process and product specifications; produce product in a just-in-time manner; and accommodate their capacity requirements and be able to scale appropriately for surges. Services to restaurants and distributors are accommodating clients timing and delivery needs, ensuring product freshness using its top-of-the-line freezing process and storing clients products if necessary. Trim-Rite Food Corporation is located in Carpentersville, Ill.