Barry Forbes started Forbes Meats (Est. 1246) in 1965 and has since then been famous for superior beef and pork products. All of our products are made using the best USDA Choice to Prime Iowa corn fed beef and pork. We are noted for having some of the best tasting cuts around - this is because we take great care hand cutting the finest meats and take pride in our results! Our establishment is inspected on a daily basis by state inspectors to assure nothing but the highest quality products leave our store. The products you receive will be nothing short of spectacular! Our fresh and smoked meats are carefully packaged in specially made bags, vacuum sealed, and finally hand dipped for a finished package  unmatched by any automated equipment. This extends the life of the product, enhances appearance, and allows extended aging of steaks right in the package. Canned meat is another area we have excelled in. We are one of few places still producing canned meats. It has been one of our top sellers for many years. We produce hundreds of pints and quarts a week to meet the needs of our customers. It is a product worth trying! Canning, along with all other areas of production, is done under strict regulations and carefully watched by our inspectors to assure you a quality product. We at Forbes also take pride in our cured and smoked products. We use the highest quality seasonings and cures to prepare them. Our smokehouse is an old fashion tile wall unit using quality hickory to produce an unmatched taste. No fancy bells & whistles and no synthetic smoke flavoring or liquid smoke spraying. Old fashion hickory smoking is just plain hard to beat!! We are currently shipping our products all over the world and would like to add you to our list of satisfied customers. I thank you for looking and hope to do business with you soon. Give us a try - I'm sure we can meat your needs!

This is our Spirit Lake Store.  We carry all of our meats, cheeses, specialty gourmet foods, spices & seasonings, sauces, groceries, cold beer & pop, fine wines, and a full line of   liquor to name a few!  This is also where our shipping department is. Stop in and check us out if you're in the area - You can't resist our one stop shopping experience!

	Our Harris, Iowa store front. This is where it all started, and where all of our great tasting products are made.		Fresh meat case in the Harris store.
	Sausage and cheese case at Harris.		Fresh meat case at our Spirit Lake location.
	Beef end of the main Spirit Lake case.		Pork end of the main Spirit Lake case.
	Freezer at Spirit Lake.		Sausage and cheese case in Spirit Lake.
	Barry Forbes and Gary Severson getting ready to trim some fresh pork bellies.		Barry and Gary trimming fresh pork bellies in preparation for side pork and smoked bacon while a state inspector closely monitors.
	Barry Forbes and Nathan Forbes cutting Ribeyes for and order to go out.		Barry and Nathan trimming strings off summer sausage to be packaged.
	Cutting and packaging Ribeyes for the meat case.		Darlene Saunders and Jane Crist sorting, bagging, and vacuum packing cottage bacon.
	Our Hobart autoslicer hard at work cutting shoulder picnics into cottage bacon.		One of 4 industrial shelving units for dry storage of our special spices, seasonings, and casings.
	A rack with freshly smoked ring bologna and german bologna on its way to the cooler.		2 smoke racks with 16 trays full of our famous beef jerky just coming out of smokehouse.
	A rack with 550 pounds of freshly stuffed summer sausage on the way to the smokehouse.		Smoked bellies stacked on a cart soon to be sliced into bacon.

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