| About Rocke's Meating Haus |
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- 1960 - Under the leadership of new company President, Wayne Rocke, Rocke's establishes its reputation as selling only premium Angus beef. - An expansion of the retail facility led to a new 7,000 square foot full-line supermarket.
- 1971 - Wayne, and his wife Opal Rocke, create a one-of-its-kind retail meat store in the Midwest naming it Rocke's Meating Haus. The new concept was years ahead of its time featuring two meat departments, a fresh seafood department, hot meals to go, and specialty cheeses and wines.
- 1976 - Rocke's wins National Ham Show Grand Champion
- 1979 - Rocke's wins National Bacon Show Grand Champion
- 1984 - Rocke's makes the difficult decision to close the slaughtering side of their operations in order to source the finest beef, pork, lamb, and veal available
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- 1986 - Rocke's mail order division is launched.
- 1990 - Rocke's becomes a Federally Inspected facility and begins to focus on manufacturing its specialty products for other mail order and food service companies
- 1997 - Under the third generation leadership of Jonathan Rocke, Rocke's, now known nationally as RMH Foods, has two of their Quick-N-Easy® Certified Angus Beef® Brand entrees named as Top Five Finalist in the National Cattlemen's Beef Association's Best New Beef Product in America contest.
- 1999 - Rocke's launches the ilovemeat.com web site to promote its philosophy of selling only the absolute finest quality meats available to everyone across the country.
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- 2000 - RMH Foods is awarded Grand Champion and Best new Retail Beef Product 2000 for its Quick-N-Easy® Top Sirloins in Bourbon Sauce. The National Cattlemen's Beef Association sponsored the contest to recognize great-tasting retail and foodservice beef products that most effectively met changing consumer and foodservice operator needs.
- 2001 - RMH Foods merges with John Morrell & Co. (wholly owned subsidiary of Smithfield Foods). Jonathan Rocke and John Morrell form the partnership, RMH Foods LLC.
- 2002 - RMH Foods is awarded the coveted Consumer's Choice Pork Award, presented by the National Pork Board, for its Quick-N-Easy® Homestyle Seasoned Pork Roast with Gravy.
- 2003 - RMH Foods becomes Smithfield RMH Foods Group and pairs up with Smithfield Innovation Group to create and manufacture innovative new food products for retail, foodservice, and deli customers. It wins, for the second year in a row, the Consumer's Choice Pork Award, this time for its savory Quick-N-Easy® Pork Roast in Bourbon Sauce.
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