TexJoy, Zummo Meat Co. collaborate to create new type of sausage
Frank Zummo, of Zummo Meat Co. and Joseph Fertitta, of Texas Coffee Company which sells Tex-Joy Seasonings, collaborated on this new sausage product, an old fashion country style smoked sausage, that will be released Monday in Market Basket. This is the package the customer will see in the meat department. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise Photo: Dave Ryan / BEA television character made famous this tag line: "I love it when a plan comes together."
Joseph Fertitta and Frank Zummo didn't have a plan in mind one day a few months ago when the two local businessmen got together to talk.
But what resulted from that conversation combined the strengths of the TexJoy seasoning line and the Zummo Meat Co.
Monday, TexJoy Old Fashioned Country Smoked Sausage will go on sale in local Market Basket supermarkets, another locally owned business.
Fertitta is vice president of Texas Coffee Co. , which makes and distributes the TexJoy line, founded in 1921, and still family owned and operated.
Zummo is president of Zummo Meat Co. , founded in 1908, and still family owned and operated with his brothers and their next generation.
A few months ago, Fertitta wanted to talk to Zummo and compare notes about their common challenges in placing products in supermarkets.
As he would on any sales call, he brought a basket full of his company's spices and seasonings.
The sausage seasoning caught Zummo's eye and he decided to experiment with it, making up a half-batch of his company's sausage recipe using it. A half-batch is 500 pounds.
"He sent it over and we boiled it and 20 people tasted it," Fertitta said.
Fertitta was amazed, he said, having had no idea Zummo was going to use the seasoning in his product.
"I knew where I was going, but I didn't tell Joseph," Zummo said. "I'd been thinking, (TexJoy) has name recognition, so let's do a TexJoy sausage. It's your spice, so let's go with your name."
Fertitta was a little reluctant at first.
"I told my partners (brother and cousin) and I had to duck because they started swinging," Fertitta said.
They didn't really throw fists, but the questions came flying, hard as a punch.
What did TexJoy know about the sausage business? Where were they going to get refrigeration? How were they going to deal with regulators like the U.S. Department of Agriculture? What about distribution?
"They had legitimate concerns," Zummo said. "I told them we'd handle all that.
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