Where Food Comes From: Meet our CARE Certified Partners

In Heinen’s Meat Department, we believe in finding family farmers and ranchers who care about food as much as we do. We have certainly found these values in the farmers and ranchers who raise our Heinen’s beef, pork and Gerber’s chicken today and, through thick and thin, they take care of us so that we can take care of our customers.

Get to know our CARE certified ranchers and learn more about our relationship from our Team of meat experts.

Brandt Beef

Committed to three generations of source-verified, sustainable practices, Brandt Beef is a Southern California single family-owned, all-natural beef program that serves the upscale restaurant and retail markets.

The Brandt family has been in the livestock business since 1945, establishing the commitment to “true natural” farm to fork operations that Brandt Beef champions today. Brandt Beef is dedicated to producing a superior culinary product and utilizes state-of-the-art technology to track each step of the process. The program also emphasizes care and respect of the environment and the use of the entire animal. Brandt Beef’s dedication to sustainability and transparency has earned it the CARE Certification from Where Food Comes From.

Every Brandt Beef product is all natural, raised without beta-agonists, age and source verified, with no added hormones. The recipient of numerous awards, Brandt Beef is served in high-end restaurants, hotels, and retailers across the United States and around the world.

Gerber’s

Gerber Poultry had its origin in 1952 when Dwight and Melva Gerber began processing chickens that were grown on their family farm. They delivered these fresh chickens to customers’ homes in their local community. This humble beginning has evolved into a growing family business that now has modern processes. Fresh, clean chicken that has a natural taste has always been the standard for the Gerber family, as proven by Dwight’s first motto “Quality worth crowing about”™

The second and third generations of the Gerber family continue to believe that customers still want the highest quality and best-tasting chicken products available. The Gerber family is very proud of the quality reputation their chicken has earned over the years. Today, they market their chicken as Gerber’s Amish Farm chicken®.

With Gerber, you can have confidence that you are supporting a company committed to high animal welfare standards, food safety and honest labeling.

Leidy’s Pork

Delicious pork comes from animals that are raised humanely, and Heinen’s is proud to offer premium pork products that meet that standard.

Located in Pennsylvania, Leidy’s pork products come from animals raised on local farms by expert farmers who are committed to premium quality. With a shared passion for raising animals the right way, Leidy’s and their farmer partners hold animal health and welfare as their top priority, which results in a consistently delicious, natural product.

The partnership between Leidy’s and Heinen’s is longstanding and rooted in shared values of care and quality.

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