Moesle Meat

What Moesle Meat does

Moesle Meat Distribution Co. (DBA Moesle Meats) is a Chicago-based wholesale meat distributor founded in 1947, supplying beef, pork, poultry, seafood, and lamb to grocery stores, retailers, and restaurants across the Chicagoland area, suburbs, and up to Milwaukee. The company operates a new class A facility in Chicago that consolidates USDA-certified meat processing, cold storage warehousing, and refrigerated distribution under one roof, supported by an owned fleet of refrigerated semis, trucks, and vans with lift gates that enables same-day delivery across its primary service area and one-day lead-time direct ship beyond it. Its product catalog spans Prime through Utility grade beef, full pork cuts, poultry parts, a broad seafood line (tilapia, catfish, shrimp, snapper, swai, perch, snow crab), and lamb, with specialty custom cuts and boneless pork processing for both retail and food service customers. The company sources from a portfolio of major protein suppliers including JBS, Tyson, Pilgrims, Greater Omaha, National Beef, and Seaboard.

Revenue is generated through three streams: (1) product resale across the full protein line on a wholesale, quote-based pricing model; (2) cold storage and warehousing services, including receiving, storing, and delivering inventory on behalf of customers and other vendors; and (3) USDA processing services for pork, poultry, and beef, with particular specialization in boneless pork items and custom cuts. Go-to-market is sales-led B2B with a dedicated team of five outside sales representatives split between retail and food service segments, supported by a three-step onboarding process (meet the team, onboarding, on-time delivery) and a digital new-customer signup portal via PayWholesail. The company is privately held under a post-family ownership structure that brought in operators with backgrounds in sales, logistics, and finance, with no disclosed venture capital, private equity, or institutional investor involvement.

Name

Moesle Meat

Legal name

Moesle Meat Distribution Co.

Website

https://moeslemeats.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Moesle Meat Distribution Co. is a Chicago-based wholesale meat distributor supplying beef, pork, poultry, seafood, and lamb to grocery stores, retailers, and restaurants across Chicagoland and up to Milwaukee. It combines USDA processing, cold storage, and same-day refrigerated delivery from a single class A facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wholesale Meat Distribution

NAICS

Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers (42447), Animal Slaughtering and Processing (3116), Farm Product Warehousing and Storage (493130)

SIC

Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products (5140), Meat Packing Plants (2011)

akta.pro primary industry

Frozen Meat, Poultry & Seafood Wholesale (AFAIAHAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Refrigerated Meat & Seafood (Processed/Packaged) (CRADACAK)

Keywords

• Wholesale meat distribution
• Cold storage services
• USDA meat processing
• Protein supply chain
• Foodservice meat supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Wholesale Meat Distribution: Sale of wholesale meat products (beef, pork, poultry, seafood, lamb) to grocery stores, retailers, and restaurants. Product-based revenue from full-line protein offerings.
2. Cold Storage Services: Cold storage and warehousing services for customers. Customers can buy product, store it with Moesle Meat, and receive delivery. Also receives and stores product on behalf of customers and other vendors.
3. USDA Processing: Custom meat processing services for pork, poultry, and beef including boneless pork items (hams, pork shoulder, STL ribs, trimmings, CT butts, blade meat). Processing services for retail and food service customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Moesle Meat Distribution Co. is a wholesale protein supplier that distributes beef, pork, poultry, seafood, and lamb from its Chicago facility to grocery stores, retailers, and restaurants across Chicagoland, the surrounding suburbs, and up to Milwaukee. In addition to product sales, the company provides temperature-controlled cold storage/warehousing for customer- and vendor-owned inventory and offers USDA-certified meat processing services with specialty in boneless pork items and custom cuts.

Product overview

Moesle Meat Distribution Co. is a wholesale meat supply and processing company operating as a single unified business offering distribution, cold storage, and USDA processing services. The company supplies five core product lines: Beef, Pork, Poultry, Seafood, and Lamb. These products are offered alongside distribution logistics (including same-day delivery in Chicagoland), cold storage capabilities, and USDA-certified meat processing. The company was founded in 1947 and operates from a class A facility in Chicago, Illinois.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Beef Wholesale beef products offered to grocery, retail, and food service customers in grades Prime, Angus, Choice, Select, NoRoll, and Utility, with cuts including flats, insides, knuckles, eye round, top butt, clod, chuck roll, short rib plate, outside skirt, inner skirt, flap meat, hanging tender, tenderloin, PSMO, export, ribeyes, strips, brisket, flank steak, chuck tender, hind shank, and offals; includes imported beef sourced from Mexico, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Uruguay.
• Pork Wholesale pork products offered to grocery, retail, and food service customers, including spareribs, loins, butts, hams, blade meat, bellies, and trimmings. Boneless pork items such as hams, pork shoulder, STL ribs, trimmings, CT butts, and blade meat are a USDA processing specialty.
• Poultry Wholesale poultry products supplied to grocery, retail, and food service customers, including wogs, breast, wing, leg 1/4, and drumsticks, sourced from major poultry suppliers such as Tyson, Pilgrim's, Sanderson Farms, and Peco Foods.
• Seafood Wholesale seafood products supplied to grocery, retail, and food service customers, including tilapia fillets, whole fish, catfish fillets, steaks and nuggets, cooked shrimp and head-on shrimp in various sizes, Brazilian Red Snapper, swai fillets, ocean perch fillets, and snow crab.
• Lamb Wholesale lamb products supplied to grocery, retail, and food service customers, including 6-Way Mutton, whole lamb, leg B/In, chuck, loin 0X1 block ready, heads, breast trimmed, and foreshank.
• Distribution Full-service wholesale meat product distribution using a fleet of refrigerated semis, trucks, and vans, including lift gates for stops without dock doors. Provides same-day delivery across Chicagoland, its suburbs, and up to Milwaukee, plus direct shipping with a typical 1-day lead time for customers outside the same-day range.
• Cold Storage Temperature-controlled cold storage and warehousing services offered to customers for small or large quantities of product they have purchased from Moesle Meat or from other vendors. Customers can buy product, store it with Moesle Meat, and receive delivery on demand, and Moesle Meat also receives and stores inventory on behalf of customers and other vendors.
• USDA Processing USDA-certified meat processing services for pork, poultry, and beef, including custom cuts for retail and food service customers. Specialty in boneless pork items such as hams, pork shoulder, STL ribs, trimmings, CT butts, and blade meat.

Quantifiable outcome

• Same day delivery for Chicagoland and suburbs, up to Milwaukee
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• JBScoreOthersMajor meat supplier/vendor partner providing beef and other protein products to Moesle Meat Distribution for wholesale distribution to retailers and restaurants.
• TysoncoreOthersMajor protein supplier providing chicken and other meat products. Vendor partner for Moesle Meat's wholesale distribution operations.
• PilgrimscoreOthersPoultry supplier providing chicken products. Vendor partner for Moesle Meat's wholesale distribution network.
• Greater OmahacoreOthersBeef supplier from Nebraska region. Vendor partner providing beef products for wholesale distribution.
• National BeefcoreOthersBeef supplier providing beef products. Vendor partner in Moesle Meat's distribution network.
• SeaboardcoreOthersProtein supplier providing pork and other meat products. Vendor partner for Moesle Meat's wholesale operations.
• Sanderson FarmsminorOthersPoultry supplier providing chicken products. Vendor partner in distribution network.
• American Foods GroupminorOthersMeat supplier providing various protein products. Vendor partner in Moesle Meat's distribution network.
• IBP (Iowa Beef Packers)minorOthersBeef processing and supply partner. Vendor partner providing beef products.
• WR ReserveminorOthersMeat supplier providing protein products. Vendor partner in distribution network.
• Indiana KitchenminorOthersPork supplier providing pork products. Vendor partner in distribution network.
• Peco FoodsminorOthersPoultry supplier providing chicken products. Vendor partner in distribution network.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Halperns' Steak & Seafood: Regional specialty distributor of premium beef, pork, poultry, and seafood serving restaurants, hotels, and retailers in the Midwest and Southeast. Directly comparable to Moesle's protein-centric wholesale distribution model and customer mix.
• Bassian Farms: Midwest-based specialty meat distributor and processor offering beef, pork, lamb, veal, and poultry to foodservice operators. Comparable to Moesle in regional B2B protein distribution with custom cutting and processing capabilities.
• Cheney Brothers: Regional broadline foodservice distributor serving restaurants, schools, and healthcare operators across the Southeast with meat, produce, dairy, and frozen. Comparable to Moesle as a protein-heavy regional foodservice distributor serving chains and independents.
• Shamrock Foods Company: Family-owned foodservice distributor and dairy producer operating across the Southwest with broad protein, dairy, and grocery offerings to restaurants and institutions. Comparable as a multi-decade family-led regional distributor with integrated processing capabilities.
• Ben E. Keith: Privately held foodservice distributor and Anheuser-Busch beer wholesaler serving Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and the Southwest. Comparable to Moesle as a regional B2B distributor combining meat/protein distribution with broader foodservice lines.

Regional players

• Y. Hata & Co. Hawaii-based broadline foodservice distributor serving restaurants, schools, and government accounts across the Pacific. Comparable in business model (protein-heavy regional foodservice distribution) but does not overlap with Moesle's Midwest geography.

Broad incumbents

• Gordon Food Service: Large family-operated broadline foodservice distributor serving customers across the U.S. and Canada with center-of-plate proteins, produce, and grocery. Comparable to Moesle's foodservice and grocery protein distribution but at vastly larger scale and broader portfolio.
• Sysco: Largest U.S. broadline foodservice distributor, offering meats, seafood, poultry, produce, frozen, and dry goods to restaurants, healthcare, and hospitality customers nationwide. Comparable to Moesle in meat/protein distribution to foodservice but operates at national scale with much broader catalog.
• US Foods: Major U.S. foodservice distributor serving restaurants, healthcare, and hospitality with a broad assortment including meats, poultry, seafood, and produce. Comparable to Moesle in protein distribution and chain foodservice supply but at national scale with significantly broader product portfolio.
• Performance Food Group: Large U.S. foodservice and convenience distributor serving restaurants and vending/retail operators nationally with full-line protein and grocery offerings. Comparable in protein distribution and chain foodservice supply but operates at substantially larger scale than Moesle.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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