Mr. Henry Fischer, a German immigrant, started Fischer Packing
Company in Louisville, Kentucky in 1904. Mr. Fischer left Germany
in 1893, at the age of 17. He came to America and found difficult
times financially, as the country was in a depression.
Mr. Fischer became acquainted with a meat peddler that asked him
to go into business buying and selling meat on a partnership basis.
He took what little money he had and purchased a used hand grinder
and 400 pounds of pork trimmings and made a batch of fresh pork
sausage that he sold door-to-door on the streets of Louisville, and
this was the start of Fischer Packing Company.
Mr. Fischer’s son came into business with his father and it grew
into an operation that slaughtered both beef and pork with a heavy
emphasis on the manufacture of sausage, bacon, and hams.
In 1969, his son Carl Fischer, Jr. sold the company to Wilson
Foods. International Fish & Meat purchased Fischer Packing
Company from Wilson Foods, with a plan to build sales and volume of
Fischer products into a significant regional producer.
Recently, Fischer Packing Company was purchased by SMG, Inc.
SMG, Inc is located in Bloomfield, Ct. Today Fischer Packing
Company is a strong, dominant regional brand. The companys old
plant remains at 1860 Mellwood Ave. in Louisville. But like all the
other brands in this series, all the production has moved out of
town. There are plans to turn the old plant into a art gallery.
The company slogan for years was The Bacon Makin’ People, this
has recently been changed to The Smiles Makin’ People to reflect
the other products they make.
If you park at the weed, you can park as close as two feet from
the cache.
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