Uncle Charley's Sausage purchased By Pittsburgh investors
Pittsburgh-based investors F.N.B. Capital Partners, along with a group of local investors including Jim Rudolph and Len Caric, announced Monday their acquisition of the region's fastest growing meat processing company, Uncle Charley's Sausage Company. The investors plan to increase funding to expand the business while keeping its unique brand value, leadership, Vandergrift-based manufacturing facilities and employees intact.
Located in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, Uncle Charley's Sausage Company produces and distributes gourmet sausage and meat products to retail markets throughout six states, including Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Maryland. The 25 year-old regional brand's key to success, and popularity with consumers is the freshness and quality of its ingredients: with pork sources in the tri-state area, the company's product moves from field to store in about 48 hours, contain 32% less fat than competitors and is never frozen.