Ezzo’s Sausage Company
Columbus, OH

There has been an Ezzo making quality meats in the United States for over 100
years. In 1906 Dominic Ezzo immigrated to the United States where he traveled north
on the Hudson River with only two apples in his pocket eventually landing in
Canastota, New York. He worked the muck lands as an onion farmer until he opened
his neighborhood grocery store where he sold, amongst other items, produce, fresh
sausage, veal, and steaks. Through the great depression Dominic allowed his
customers to pay on credit and trade to keep his neighbors fed. This thinking has been
passed through generations of the Ezzo family to take care of your team, your
neighbor, the employee and the customer. Standing by the philosophy that "Together
Everyone Achieves More".
In 1971 Bill Ezzo was recruited by Woody Hayes to play for The Ohio State
Buckeyes on an athletic scholarship for football, Woody often told Bill and the other
players, "Preparation and hard work seem to turn into good luck somehow". While Bill
was in school his Father, John Ezzo, was in North Vernon, Indiana selling sausage for
his Brother Sam Ezzo. After the North Vernon factory was destroyed by an electrical
fire John sent his oldest son Scott Ezzo to look for a new home for Ezzo Sausage. Scott
found a small meat locker in Columbus, Ohio that he converted into a production
facility making fresh sausage and Bill went on the road selling to grocery stores and
neighborhood pizzerias.
After a short time Bill was inundated with requests to make pepperoni as well,
which Scott through tireless effort and years of refinement made the pepperoni we
manufacture today. Orders continued to pour in and the two brothers expanded to
the point of adding fermentation ovens and large drying rooms. In 2001 Ezzo Sausage
expanded into its second building dedicated to slicing their growing product line.
For the past 15 years Ezzo Sausage has been at capacity, unable to take any new
business. However in 2015 the time felt right to make a push forward and expand
once more. Bill purchased a previously USDA Inspected building on the west side of
Columbus, Ohio where the newest member of the Ezzo Family, Mitch LeBrasseur, is
currently overseeing construction on a state of the art Pepperoni and Italian meat
production and slicing facility.
These are exciting times for Ezzo's and their business family and they are
dedicated to the same principles Dominic Ezzo stood by nearly 100 years ago. Make
only the highest quality products and take care of your team and together everyone
achieves more.
Family. Honesty. Quality. Tradition.
5941 W. 82nd Street, Indianapolis, IN 46278
317-872-0101 piazzaproduce.com

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