steak company type private industry food founded 1932 headquarters kansas city kansas usa key people john mckinven president consumer division products steak poultry seafood website www.kansascitysteaks.com kansas city steak company is a family run business based in kansas city kansas that manufactures and markets premium beef including usda prime beef poultry seafood and other foods for foodservice and home delivery . contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit kansas city steak company was founded by giovanni scavuzzo during the great depression . he opened the s & s meat company butcher shop in 1932 with sons santo edward and carlo . the retail store operated for nearly 50 years . in 1980 the family decided to focus entirely on foodservice delivering meat to hotels and restaurants around the kansas city missouri area . when ed scavuzzo great grandson of the company s founder joined the business in 1984 he focused on a new venture a mail order catalog . capitalizing on kansas city s reputation for premier steaks he called the mail order portion of the business kansas city steak co. the catalog business grew during the 1980s but only accounted for 8 10 percent of the company s revenues . in 1995 kansas city steak company signed a deal with televised home shopping channel qvc . 1 today managed by john mckinven president consumer division the kansas city steak company distributes meat products to restaurants across the united states and delivers packaged gourmet products nationwide . products edit kansas city steak company uses western kansas corn fed beef to create and sell kansas city strips top sirloin t bones porterhouse and ribeye steaks beef roasts and steakburgers . the company s offerings include their private stock line of usda prime beef and steaks certified by the american heart association as heart healthy choices . 2 a selection of poultry pork seafood and desserts complete the company s product offerings . references edit roberts rob 2005 07 08 . kc steak co. takes cut at big time sizzling sales have company primed to tackle omaha counterpart . kansas city business journal . retrieved 2008 03 31 . what certification means . american heart association . retrieved 2008 03 31 . external links edit official website www.steak enthusiast.com qvc s kansas city steak co. site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kansas city steak company & oldid 741381866 categories companies based in kansas city kansasfood manufacturers of the united statesbrand name meatsamerican companies established in 1932hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia 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 27 september 2016 at 04 31 . 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