Anoka Meat and Sausage is a locally owned and operated meat cutting and processing business

that sends freshly-wrapped packages and healthy batches of “How can I help?” across the counter.

We won’t ask you to take a number, but we will ask you to try some of our famous homemade beef sticks

and jerky.

 

For more than 140 years, Anoka Meat & Sausage has been part of the Anoka community building a reputation for quality meats, homemade sausage, custom processing, and old-fashioned customer service. The business traces back to 1883, when it was originally established as Anoka Meat and Locker Service at 209 Jackson Street. In 1957, Ernie Soine and his wife, Ruth, purchased the business and spent nearly 30 years building on its foundation. During their ownership, they revitalized the business by introducing fresh sausage, smoked meats, and whole animal processing.

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Today, Anoka Meat & Sausage is owned by Teena Anderson, with Jay McCarthy as store manager. Jay grew up in Coon Rapids, Minnesota and trained at meat cutting school in Pipestone. He's been working at Anoka Meats for 37 years running operations. Processing and cutting meat is hard work, and Jay is as hard working as they come. We’ve been curing bacon, making sausage and perfecting the art of customer service for over 35 years. We’re seasoned – in the best sense of the word. 

 

Today, fresh cut meat and homemade sausage, jerky and beef sticks are our specialties. We currently offer nearly 50 flavors of brats and sausage, 15 flavors of snack sticks and nearly 10 flavors of jerky. We offer specialty deli items, flavored bacon, a wide variety of sauces and seasonings, and specialty cuts of meat to order. We also offer custom processing.

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One of the most unique aspects of Anoka Meat & Sausage is the connection between its owner and the local community. Teena has a familiar face in the Twin Cities, having over 30 appearances on Twin Cities Live, MN Live, WCCO, and Fox Good Day. Teena also enjoys teaching Scandinavian cooking classes at the Norway House in Minneapolis and proudly incorporates her Scandinavian heritage into the butcher shop.

 

There's another family connection within the shop's history. Val, one of the business's long time employees, has a special connection to Anoka Meat and Sausage - her father Ernie Soine was her father who owned the business when it was still located on Jackson street. It's a fitting reminder of the generations of people who have been part of the Anoka Meat & Sausage history.

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On a warm summer day, you might find our Habanero Mango Brats sizzling and being served up in our parking lot, or food truck down by the river serving up our world famous ribs. Amateur and competitive cooks who’ve visited us will attest – your Friday night barbecues and Sunday morning pancake feeds will be the tastiest yet. We know from experience that moments with family and friends are the ones that count, and we’d like to help you savor them.

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