Meadowbrook Meat Co. was founded by J.R. Wordsworth in 1947 as a pork processor catering to the local market in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. By 1966, Meadowbrook had expanded into a range of fine meats and was a top regional supplier thought the south. The company continued to grow, becoming a leading food service distributor, providing supply chain services to thousands of national and regional chain restaurants across the continental United States. By the time the company was sold in 2012, it was operating 35 distribution facilities with over 3,300 employees nationwide.
The Cantlay & Tanzola and Western Gillette Motor Freight Story
Ran across this cool article on Western Gillette Motor Freight and Cantlay & Tanzola in an old issue of The Lufkin Line, the newsletter from
