Johnsonville
Johnsonville Foods
Johnsonville is an unincorporated community in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, in the town of Sheboygan Falls, United States. It is a rural farm community known for being the headquarters of the Johnsonville Foods.
corporate headquarters
Johnsonville Sausage is a
Wisconsin-based sausage producer, founded in 1945 by Ralph F. & Alice Stayer.
Johnsonville Sausage produces various varieties of sausage including fresh
bratwurst, Italian sausage, smoked-cooked links and fresh breakfast sausage
links. In 2004, Johnsonville became the largest sausage company in the United
States in terms of sales.
the factory
Established in 1874 and named after U.S. President Andrew Johnson, Johnsonville
is a small unincorporated rural community in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin,
located in the midst of dairy farms and cheese factories. It was popularly known
as Schnappsville, and is still much the same as it was back in 1945 when
Johnsonville Sausage was founded.
Ralph and Alice Stayer opened a butcher shop and named it after their hometown
of Johnsonville, Wisconsin. The company says that the sausage made in the
Stayer's shop was from an Austrian family recipe.
During the 1950s and 1960s Johnsonville sausage expanded to three retail grocery
meat markets in nearby communities. The Stayer's children, Ralph C. and Launa,
both became involved in sausage making and expanded the company's wholesale
business.
Johnsonville Fire Dept
In 1978, Ralph C. Stayer became president of Johnsonville and launched the
company into a major expansion by shipping its products out of state. A second
plant was built and in 1981, Johnsonville aired its first TV commercial
featuring the popular character, "Charlie Murphey". The 1980s saw a sales
increase of 20 times that of the previous decade. At this point Johnsonville
sausage was distributed to 47 states.
Laack's Hall
In 1998, Johnsonville partnered with McDonald's restaurants, placing brats on their menu seasonally.
Schnappsville Park
in back of Laack's Hall
for beer and brats in the summer
across the street from the first Johnsonville factoryry
Today, Johnsonville sausage products are sold in 16 NFL stadiums and in stores in 39 countries, including France, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Hong Kong, and China. The company employs over 1,000 people.
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