Local & Western of Texas Inc.

What Local & Western of Texas Inc. does

Local and Western of Texas, Inc. is a privately held wholesale meat distributor headquartered in Dallas, Texas, founded in 1945 and operating continuously for over 80 years. The company buys and sells fresh and frozen beef, pork, lamb, and chicken — in cuts, trim, and offals — in truckload minimum orders of 40,000 lbs, sourcing products dynamically from meat packers rather than maintaining fixed inventory. It functions as a wholesaler (not a broker) and earns revenue through price differentials between packer purchase prices and customer sale prices on each transaction.

The business serves wholesale meat buyers, distributors, and food service operators seeking reliable sourcing of meat products, particularly for hard-to-find items and spot-market needs. Go-to-market is conducted through two channels: direct wholesale sales relationships established over decades, and a storefront listing on the EC21 global B2B marketplace. Pricing is quote-based rather than publicly listed, with no fixed catalog or e-commerce transaction capability disclosed.

The company's contact is Spencer Orenstein, Business Manager. Annual revenue is self-reported in the USD 50-100 million range with 11-50 employees, consistent with a thin-margin, high-velocity commodity distribution model. The company discloses no proprietary technology, no digital ordering platform, no data assets, and no AI/ML capabilities; competitive advantage is described as deriving from longevity, packer relationships, and the flexibility of inventory-free sourcing.

Name

Local & Western of Texas Inc.

Legal name

Local and Western of Texas, Inc.

Website

https://localandwestern.en.ec21.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Local and Western of Texas, Inc. is a Dallas-based wholesale meat distributor, founded in 1945, that dynamically sources fresh and frozen beef, pork, lamb, and chicken from meat packers and sells them in truckload minimums to wholesale buyers and food service operators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wholesale Meat Distribution

NAICS

Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers (42447), Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers (424470), Poultry and Poultry Product Merchant Wholesalers (42444)

SIC

Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products (5140)

akta.pro primary industry

Meat, Poultry & Seafood Wholesale (AFAIABAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Refrigerated Meat & Charcuterie Wholesale (AFAIAHAI), Beef Wholesale (Primal/Subprimal, Boxed Beef) (AFAIADAA), Pork Wholesale (Primal/Subprimal, Boxed Pork) (AFAIADAB)

Keywords

• Wholesale meat distribution
• Beef cuts trim
• Pork cuts offals
• Lamb wholesale
• Chicken wholesale

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Wholesale Meat Distribution: Revenue generated through buying and selling meat products (beef, pork, lamb, chicken) on a wholesale basis. Products are sold as truckload minimum orders (40,000 lbs). The company operates without fixed inventory, sourcing products dynamically and earning margins through price differentials on fresh and frozen meat products ranging from trim, to cuts, to offals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Local and Western of Texas, Inc. is a wholesale meat distribution company (not a broker) that buys and sells fresh and frozen beef, pork, lamb, and chicken products — including cuts, trim, and offals — sourced daily from meat packers and resold to wholesale buyers, distributors, and food service operators in truckload quantities with a minimum order of 40,000 lbs. Pricing is provided on request rather than from a fixed inventory, and the company relies on long-standing packer relationships built over more than six decades.

Product overview

Local and Western of Texas, Inc. is a meat wholesale distributor operating since 1945, specializing in fresh and frozen meat products. The company offers four core product lines: Beef (Cuts, Trim, Offals), Pork (Cuts, Trim, Offals), Lamb (Cuts, Trim, Offals), and Chicken. As a wholesale company (not a broker), they source meat daily from packers and sell cuts, trim, and offals to customers. All products are sold in truckload quantities (minimum 40,000 lbs) with pricing provided upon request rather than from fixed inventory.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Beef (Cuts, Trim, Offals)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Halperns' Steakhouse & Seafood: Specialty protein distributor focused on prime meats and seafood to restaurants and retailers. Closely comparable business model — multi-protein, truckload/case-ready distribution to foodservice, operating in a similar mid-market niche.
• Strauss Brands: Specialty meat company focused on veal, lamb, and other premium proteins distributed to foodservice and retail. Comparable multi-protein specialty meat distribution model, particularly overlapping in lamb and offal SKUs.

Broad incumbents

• US Foods: Major broadline foodservice distributor with strong protein categories. Directly comparable customer base (foodservice operators, distributors) but with broader product mix and proprietary private-label programs.
• Tyson Foods: Vertically integrated poultry, beef, and pork processor with significant foodservice and international distribution. Comparable in protein categories offered (chicken, beef, pork) and downstream buyer overlap.
• Performance Food Group: Large foodservice and convenience distributor with significant protein offerings through its Vistar and Performance Foodservice divisions. Comparable customer overlap and protein sourcing model.
• JBS USA: Largest U.S. meat processor and packer (beef, pork, lamb) with its own branded distribution. Comparable in that it supplies wholesale protein into similar channels, though it sits further upstream as a packer.
• Sysco Corporation: Largest U.S. broadline foodservice distributor with extensive meat and protein offerings. Comparable because it serves the same downstream wholesale and foodservice buyers, although Sysco operates at vastly greater scale and with full refrigerated logistics.
• Cargill Protein & Salt: Major global meat packer and protein distributor through its North American protein business. Comparable in sourcing, processing, and wholesale distribution of beef, pork, and poultry into foodservice and retail channels.
• Perdue Farms: Vertically integrated poultry and pork producer with branded and foodservice distribution. Comparable protein categories (chicken, pork) and downstream wholesale/foodservice channels, though Perdue is also a packer.

Regional players

• Central Texas Meat Co. Texas-based regional meat processor and wholesaler supplying beef and other proteins. Comparable business model (regional wholesale meat distribution) though smaller and more processing-oriented than Local & Western.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/local-&-western-of-texas-inc.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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