sausage company type private industry food founded 1919 headquarters chicago illinois u.s. key people judge h. parker products deli meat sausage website parkerhousesausage.com parker house sausage company founded in 1919 is one of the oldest black owned businesses in the united states . 1 2 since 1926 the company has been located in the same building at 4605 s. state street in chicago s bronzeville neighborhood . in 1962 the company was noted as the nation s largest black owned company . 3 history edit the company was started by chicago entrepreneur judge h. parker . 4 throughout its history it has remained a family owned business . parker house sausage is known primarily as a chicago midwest and southern cultural phenomenon however initially it received national distribution and recognition . in the 1930s sales manager m. e. woodson focused on expanding the brand throughout the united states and in 1939 during a speech in washington dc he noted that total sales had doubled in the prior year . 5 in 1978 company president daryl grisham was awarded twice by the small business administration . 6 after expanding their product line for many years the company began discontinuing certain items and now focuses primarily on niche markets with polish sausage smoked sausage hot links and head cheese among others . references edit program like foreign aid urged for black business . new york times . september 30 1971 . access date requires url help mahany barbara april 27 1989 . industry giants mark 140 years of helping kids . chicago tribune . access date requires url help dedicate parker house sign . the bulletin . september 20 1962 . retrieved 19 february 2012 . parker house sausage company website . parker house sausage company . retrieved 19 february 2012 . says parker house sales have doubled . washington afro american . january 21 1939 . retrieved 19 february 2012 . sba honors parker house chief . chicago tribune . april 19 1978 . access date requires url help retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title parker house sausage company & oldid 743337987 categories manufacturing companies based in chicagoculture of chicagocompanies established in 1919food manufacturers of the united statesmeat processing in the united states1919 establishments in illinoissausage companieshidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no url 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 9 october 2016 at 05 07 . 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