Many small processors in this country run a meat market and sell a variety of products besides their meats. Along with ham, bacon, sausages and meat snacks, shoppers can pick up things like jams and jellies, chips and, if the store has a liquor license, beer and wine. In many cases, shoppers can buy the same candy bars or the same sodas that they can buy in any retail store. In other cases though, processors stock their markets with products from other food companies in their community or state. These items, whether they’re local craft brews or snack foods or pastries, help add to the local appeal of these meat markets.
Dewig Meats, a multi-generation meat processor located in Haubstadt, Ind., produces a variety of award-winning meats. Along with its braunschweiger, bacon and other meats, it offers sodas, pies, pizzas, salsas, salads, seasonings and cinnamon rolls that are made by other Indiana food companies.