Johnsonville Sausage has brought its “big taste” to Naples, Fla., with the opening of its only retail location, the Johnsonville Sausage Marketplace. The store opened with a day-long celebration that attracted nearly 13,000 southwest Floridians, who not only got a glimpse of the company’s first retail store, but also enjoyed Johnsonville’s fresh bratwurst and smoked-cooked Beddar with Cheddar links from the Big Taste Grill.
“We opened a store here because for so many years, Naples-area residents have asked us where they could find certain types of our sausage products if they’re not available in the local grocery stores here,” said Johnsonville Owners Ralph and Shelly Stayer. The Stayers live in Naples over the winter months and observed a large population from the Midwest also reside there, who were challenged to find a larger variety of Johnsonville products that they were accustomed to buying when living in the Midwest. “So now we’re able to say people can get every Johnsonville Sausage product in our new store.”