This month, Cher-Make Sausage Company is celebrating its 90th year in business. This locally-owned company has its roots in Manitowoc where three generations of family have held fast to high standards of authentic Wisconsin sausage manufacturing.
The company was founded in 1928 when Emil and Regina Chermak opened a small butcher shop on the north side of Manitowoc. Emil had been employed in a butcher shop previously and with the skill and knowledge he had gained, decided he was ready to run his own shop. As the demand for their natural casing wieners, ring bologna and summer sausage grew, his son, Art, would deliver their small-batch, handmade sausages to neighboring towns and stores.