location on busy Eisenhower Boulevard, about a mile from the heavily traveled Pennsylvania Turnpike. They constructed a 3,000-sq.-ft. block building with a smokehouse in the rear and plenty of parking. CUSTOMER LOYALTY Over the years since, they've added about 20 new products to the original lineup of specialty meats...and the lifelong customers from Steelton, now depressed from the closing of most steel production, followed them to the new location. "There is a lot of traffic going by our shop," Don adds. "But the thing that impresses me the most is the way even fourth generation customers continue to support us. Many come in and ask what their father or grandfather used to buy. "It meant a lot to us that they remembered the flavors and tastes their families enjoyed for years and wanted to capture that style of eating once again. We still use the original recipes and most everything is made by hand. Customers love to look over the display cases and see us hand-making the sausage in natural casings. There is a feeling that we're not hiding anything, and they take comfort from having the ability to see it being made before their eyes." Schmidt's Sausage has been producing German-Hungarian sausages for 57 years. www.meatpoultry.com | 10.18 | MEAT+ POULTRY 61http://www.meatpoultry.com