Quality Based Upon

Family Trusted Tradition

Before any of our products are sent to the shelf the time tested quality and integrity put into every Lower Family Foods package is based upon values and commitment to quality.

Proud to Provide

From Our Farms
To Your Table

From the snow kissed mountains of Northern Utah, Lower Family Foods provides quality you can trust.

Lower Family

Lower Foods continues to be a family enterprise. Alan Lower, a son, has worked for many years with his parents in the progression of the company. When Larry passed away in January 2001, Alan and his mother, Marilyn, continued the operation at the Richmond plant. Alan’s sons, Chad and Lee, also work at the plant, making the business a four-generation enterprise.

Beginnings

1929

Russel Lower began his slaughtering business around the same time as the Meikles. ln 1929 , when times were hard and jobs were scarce due to the depression, Russel decided to try an independent venture and began purchasing veal calves from farmers throughout Cache Valley.

Second Generation

1956

In November 1956, Marilyn and Larry Lower (son of Russel) purchased the Smithfield Abattoir from Reeder and Reese. The Lowers changed the company’s name to Lower Packing Co. and created a new slaughter business, designed for the home-freezer era. Lower Packing offered a complete custom meat service, including picking up, slaughtering, cutting, wrapping, quick-freezing, and curing. They also made sausage, jerky, roast beef,Swiss steak, and smoked turkey for retail sale. As Larry and Marilyn’s four daughters and two sons came of age, they assisted their parents in the work at the processing plant.

Third Generation

1990

At the beginning of 1990, Lower Packing Company was one of four meat-packing plants in Cache Valley. Customers came from northern Utah, southern Idaho, and Wyoming. The Lowers primarily processed beef and pork, although they did process some lamb. But as eating habits changed and more women worked outside the home, Lower Packing Co. needed to change. Lower Packing Co. became Lower Foods, Inc., and the operation was moved to Richmond, Utah. The company currently manufactures cooked deli meats, roast beef, pastrami, corned beef, prime rib, and smoked turkey and ham, which are sold wholesale throughout the inter-mountain region. Recently, Lower Foods, Inc. opened a small retail outlet for their products at the Richmond plant.