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Kayem Today
by Virginia Lazar

"As we grew through aquisitions and improved sales we split the operations apart, separating raw from cooked in separate facilities, and now we are adding again." - Ray Monkiewicz, CEO

Today Kayem Foods Inc., a successful family-owned company, runs two operations, one in Chelsea for cooked product, and another in Woburn, Mass., for fresh product, primarily sausage. The sausage plant operates under the name Genoa Sausage Co. "We are the largest fresh sausage manufacturer in New England but people don't realize it because we produce under so many labels, many of them private labels. And we're still looking to broaden our product line and increase production," says the CEO. "We're actively looking for an aquisition that would fit - a small packer that makes similar-type products - for a buy-out or a joint venture. We could make their product for them, because we've made the capital investments that comply with HACCP, and they can concentrate on sales and marketing. We know there are many small plants that just are not going to be able to comply with HACCP economically, and yet they have terrific brands, some nice volume. We think they can fit into this operation."
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