Hatfield Quality Meats
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Hatfield Quality Meats is primarily a pork meat packing company based in Hatfield
Hatfield Township, Pennsylvania
Hatfield Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 17,249 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all of it land. It is in the Delaware watershed and is drained mainly by the...

, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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. It produces over 1,200 different fresh and manufactured pork products. Hatfield's distribution is primarily on the East Coast of the United States
East Coast of the United States
The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, refers to the easternmost coastal states in the United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. The term includes the U.S...

, as well as some international markets. Their hot dogs are sold at Philadelphia Phillies
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 baseball
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 home games.

They are owned and run by the Clemens Family Corporation. It is a privately held company.

The manufacturing operation remains non-union.

Company history

John C. Clemens started Pleasant Valley Packing, which primarily involved selling meat from his farm in Mainland, Pennsylvania to markets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

. J.M. Funk started Hatfield in 1895 as a pork processing plant in Hatfield
Hatfield, Pennsylvania
Hatfield is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,290 at the time of the 2010 census.-Geography:Hatfield is located at ....

. John S. and Abe Clemens, two of John C.'s sons, ran Pleasant Valley Packing until it burned down in 1946. The two brothers then, along with two of their younger brothers, Ezra and Lester, purchased the Hatfield plant. The company has been owned and controlled by the Clemens family since then.
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