SHINER, Texas — Shiner Smokehouse is proud to announce that Kroger supermarket stores throughout the greater Houston area now carry their premium sausages.
In 1937, Joe Patek opened the first brick-and-mortar store in Shiner, Texas, Patek's Grocery & Market, which garnered much success and eventually expanded into a smoked sausage and meat market. For 77 years, the Patek family has produced high-quality meat products for the local community.
Four generations later, Shiner Smokehouse was founded in order to bring the legendary Patek recipes to the broader public. The meats are carefully prepared with time, real smoke, and superior spices.
Shiner Smokehouse sausages contain zero trans fat, using the healthier animal fats from beef and pork, just the way our grandparents and great-grandparents enjoyed them. They use an all-natural casing with no additives, MSG, sugars, or fillers.
The brand was built – and will continue to be built – by the Patek family, in an effort to share the celebrated traditions for generations to come. This month, Paul Patek, son of Joe Patek, celebrates his 70th birthday.
"My father, Paul 'Buck Sr.' Patek, started working at the store 60 years ago and has worked there ever since," said Brian Patek, owner and CEO of Shiner Smokehouse. "60 years is no small feat to stick to something and never give up. That store is why I am who I am today. It is a symbol of hard work and a celebration of family."
To find a list of Kroger stores in Houston carrying Shiner Smokehouse products, visit www.shinersmokehouse.com/find-a-store – their products are also available in various stores throughout Central Texas and can be ordered online.
About Shiner Smokehouse
Patek's Shiner Smokehouse is a derivative of a family business established in 1937 in the small, Czech-German, immigrant community of Shiner, Texas. Company founder Joe Patek was also famous as the founder of the Joe Patek Orchestra in the 1940s, one of the best-known Texas Czech polka bands.
Source: Shiner Smokehouse