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Chef Dominique Leach runs Chicago-based Lexington Betty Smokehouse.

ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Creekstone Farms Premium Beef LLC recently took home the title of North America's Best Steak for its Ribeye Wet-Aged Steak at the 2023 World Steak Challenge, underscoring the company’s foundational commitment to delivering high-quality 100% Black Angus beef.

Chicagoland-based Greenridge Naturals has had a whirlwind 2023. After recently experiencing exponential growth, the company decided to rebrand in a way that emphasizes its focus on natural and clean products.

'The consumer is our boss, and that's who we want to serve,’ says David Solana, president, CEO and owner of Roger Wood Foods.

El Campo, Texas-based Junior’s Smokehouse officially opened in 2005, but the business’s namesake began working with meat long before that. Gerhard Drechsler, director of business development, sat down with The National Provisioner to discuss Junior’s Smokehouse.

Pennsylvania-based Holland Bros. Meats is a family-owned meat market co-owned by Mike Holland, who is in his family’s fourth generation in the meat business.

Mike Sloan is one of the owners of the Hermann Wurst Haus Market and Restaurant, alongside his wife Lynette. These two have an extensive history in the meat processing industry.

Tom Eickman is a third-generation worker at Eickman’s Processing Co. Both Eickman and his father began working for the family business when they were 14 years old.

Holmes Foods is located in Nixon, Texas, approximately an hour south of San Antonio. 

NEW YORK  – With a new generation assuming leadership and doubling down on the company’s accelerating transformation from a New-York-based supplier of veal and lamb to a multi-protein, value-added retail, and foodservice supplier with national reach, Mosner Family Brands is The National Provisioner’s 2023 Processor of the Year.