#KCCornerstone Finalist: Kansas City Sausage Company

In Cornerstone Awards by EDCKC Staff

Kansas City Sausage Company
8001 NW 106th Street
Kansas City, MO 64153

Kansas City Sausage Company, located just east of Kansas City International Airport, opened its sausage manufacturing facility in 2009 with 18 employees and has since grown to 175, with an additional 200 employees required during peak season.

A recent $9.5 million facility expansion added 18,000 square feet, bringing their total square footage up to 55,000. With the expansion, the company added a new blast freezer, an additional production line, and hired 25 new employees.

Kansas City Sausage Company currently produces 35 million pounds of products for three main customers: Wal-Mart, Save-A-Lot, and Smithfield Foods. The company prides itself on exceeding industry standards for safety set by the Global Food Safety Initiative benchmark.

Kansas City Sausage Company plans to add another 15,000 square feet of space in 2018 in order to add another production line and additional employee areas for new hires.

For more information about Kansas City Sausage Company, please visit their website.