NORFOLK, Neb. -- Norfolk’s culinary scene just got a major boost! Albers Craft Meats & Lot 279, renowned for championing small family brands with its top-notch meats and retail products, has recently expanded its operations. The company has introduced a new beef processing plant right here in town, promising fresh, locally-produced beef to delight local consumers.

Albers Craft Meats has retailed beef since 2018 having full traceability on their products which allows them to take items from their ranch in Wisnor to your table. Now, with their new federally inspected USDA cutting floor, they have focused on getting higher end steaks into packages, high end ground beef from smaller groups of livestock, and producing smoke products such as snack steaks, beef, and bacon.

In the main warehouse, they have also opened up the floor to serve two more purposes for current and future production.

We will be doing our online E-commerce fulfillment here, dry storage, cardboard, packaging, smoke housing, and seasoning," said Lot 279 & Albers Crafts Meats Owner Blake Albers. "We can also expand and have more smoke houses among many other important processing opertunities. 

Albers Craft Meats has also introduced a new line called Prepped Proteins. Customers can shop the product in store, or they can have meat shipped to their home.

"We have 6-ounce packaged meat products, they're measured out. So you've got all your nutrition information," said Albers. "So if you're trying to, you know, not get all your protein from a bar or a jar, you can get it from real food without going through the drive through every day. Everything is smoked at Albers Craft Meats and ready-to-eat."

Whether customers want to spend a lot or little to nothing, Albers Crafts Meats provides price points for anyone on a budget. 

We carry value based propositions or bulk beef that we discount, said Albers. "We also carry a higher end product and we carry meats into the higher price range. So, no matter what you're looking for, Albers Craft Meats has a really great option for customers.