About Roskom Meats

In 1972, Dave Roskom began his meat-cutting journey in his basement, processing meat for local farmers who would butcher their animals on the farm and bring the meat to Dave for processing. As demand grew, Dave expanded his operations, adding an addition to his garage complete with a beer cooler and beef-hanging rails. Two chest freezers were used to store customers' meat until pick-up. By 1973, Dave left his previous job and officially started his own business. The following year, he added a 20x40 cooler, and the beer cooler was converted into a freezer. In the summer of 1978, the business grew again with the addition of a holding area for cattle, an offal room, a kill floor, and a new freezer. As the business continued to expand, Dave realized that his facility had outgrown its space, leading to the investment in the new Roskom Meats location at W803 Hwy S, Kaukauna (Freedom) in 2003.

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On January 1, 2013, the business was purchased by the Joe and Faye Diedrich family from Hortonville, along with their five children (Curtis, Derrick, Tony, Ben, and Cianna). With the Diedrich family at the helm, the business continued to thrive and expand. As production needs grew, they added their own smokehouses and began making all of their own in-house products. In 2019, they opened a retail shop offering a wide range of products to their customers. As the business continued to grow, it became clear that further expansion was necessary. In 2022, Roskom Meats completed its largest expansion yet, adding a new cooler, freezer, outdoor cattle enclosures, and doubling the processing space. With the addition of more equipment to streamline operations, the expansion marked another exciting milestone in the company’s continued success.