![]() Factory īuilt in 1972, the current factory is on Bristol Road in Flint Township. In January 2016, Koegel had to answer multiple inquires, in regards to the Flint water crisis and their water supply, that their plant is not connected to the Flint City water system, but the county run system via Flint Township. Keogel Meats was given the 2015 Al Kessel Outstanding Achievement Award by the Michigan Grocers Association. Ī few years before 2016, Koegel was selling nationwide by mail order as far away as Alaska. This deal added 98 new retail outlets for four to six products with two, hot dogs and bologna, being the core products. Previous, the company's products were only available in Michigan and Toledo, Ohio. Keeping Michigan distribution allows their drivers to keep their jobs and retain other customers like A&W, Dairy Queen and Kroger. In 2012, Koegel and Meijer agreed to a distribution deal placing Koegel products in Meijer store in other states, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois while keeping direct distribution to Michigan Meijer stores. Beef prices rose after that cutting into the profits. With the downturn of the Great Recession, Koegel sales increased over first couple of years as people prepared meals at home more. President John Koegel told the press that in previous years, a couple of truckloads of the ham product would be sold per annum, but declining sales forced its discontinuation. In 2008, Koegel's discontinued two products, a honey-style loaf and ham. In 2007, Michigan locations of Costco started carrying Koegel products. Al Koegel, the son of company founder Albert Koegel, claims that Koegel's has never accepted taxpayer money or tax breaks from the state. While Boar's Head is a New York company, it was awarded a large incentive, paid with taxpayer money, to open a processing plant in Michigan. Koegel's made news when the Michigan Jobs Commission awarded an economic development package to one of Koegel's competitors, Boar's Head Provision Company, in 1998. In 1972, the company operations were moved to Bristol Road, Flint Township. To keep up with the regional demands, Koegel opened a processing plant in the mid-1930s on Stevens Street at the Flint River. Production was upstairs to the retail area. ![]() The company was founded in 1916 by Koegel on Kearsley Street, Flint, as a retail market to take part in the expanding population due to the automotive industry starting up. Albert Koegel learned meat cutting and developed various recipes while in his native Germany.
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