weigel inc. type private industry food processing founded 1890 1890 headquarters bloomfield ct united states products hot dogs sausages and deli items owner rachael s food corp. number of employees 35 website www.groteandweigel.com grote & weigel inc. is a meat company based in bloomfield connecticut united states . 1 they are one of the oldest meat companies in the united states having been founded in 1890 in nearby rockville . they later moved to hartford and in 1966 moved to bloomfield . 1 on january 27 2012 it was announced that grote & weigel was closing its doors and going out of business . 2 they had supplied a famous 2 foot hot dog to doogie s of newington ct. 3 on february 22 2012 racheal s food corp responded to an auctioneer s ad and negotiated a deal to purchase the company . most of grote & weigel s long time customers including big y supermarkets will continue to use the supplier . 4 references edit a b celebrate summer with connecticut made hot dogs . hartford advocate . 2010 07 06 . retrieved 2010 07 26 . grote & weigel meats going out of business after 122 years . hartford courant . 27 january 2012 . retrieved 27 january 2012 . doogie s two foot hot dog is no more . hartford courant . retrieved 27 january 2012 . an auctioneer s mailing saves grote & weigel . hartford courant . retrieved 16 june 2012 . external links edit official website this food and or confectionery corporation or company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title grote % 26 weigel & oldid 724754678 categories bloomfield connecticutfood manufacturers of the united statescompanies based in hartford county connecticutfood company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 june 2016 at 07 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view