Fred Usinger

Fred Usinger, Inc., better known as Usinger's, is a sausage company located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on historic Old World Third Street.

Products

Usingers produces many kinds of sausages and meats. A few examples are:

*Bratwurst
*Salami
*Kishka
*Chorizo
*Liverwurst
*Beerwurst Sausage
*Bologna sausage
*Pastrami
*Frankfurters
*Summer sausage
*Blood Sausage
*Ham

History

Fred Usinger opened his store in Milwaukee in the year 1880.

Trivia

Usinger's was the official supplier of frankfurters to the 2002 Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City.

A German immigrant and artist named George Peters painted murals in the Usinger's store depicting elves making sausage in 1906. Usinger's uses the "Head Elf" of these murals, named "Fritzie," as the company's mascot.

It is not uncommon to see a worker from the surrounding restaurants pop in to get Usinger's products for their respective store when they desperately need to restock.

External links

* [http://usinger.com Usinger's Official Site]
* [http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=539537 Fred Usinger's obituary in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]