Private company
Hillshire Farm
Logo: hillshirefarm.com3
Meat products brand
Hillshire Farm is an American brand of meat products marketed and owned by Tyson Foods The company was founded in 1934, and was purchased by Sara Lee Corporation in 1971. Friedrich (Fritz) Bernegger, (February 2, 1904 – April 30, 1988) born in Austria, started the business at the facility in New London, Wisconsin. Hillshire Farm's primary products are smoked sausage and Polska kielbasa.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Websitewww.hillshirefarm.com
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Hillshire Farm is an American brand of meat products marketed and owned by Tyson Foods The company was founded in 1934, and was purchased by Sara Lee Corporation in 1971. Friedrich (Fritz) Bernegger, (February 2, 1904 – April 30, 1988) born in Austria, started the business at the facility in New London, Wisconsin.2
Products and brands
"Lit'l Smokies", a line of bite-sized smoked sausages
Packaged deli-sliced meats for sandwiches
Summer sausage, marketed mostly during the Christmas holiday
Traditional bone-in hams which are either unsliced or spiral sliced
From Wikipedia’s article on Hillshire Farm, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Timeline
- 1934Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.hillshirefarm.com1
- X (Twitter)x.com/HillshireFarm1
- WikipediaHillshire Farm
- WikidataQ5763834
Sources
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- 1WikidataHillshire Farm on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaHillshire Farm on Wikipedia
- 3Company websiteHillshire Farm logo
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- 5Wikimedia CommonsHillshire Farm photo by William F. Yurasko, CC BY 2.0