Company Fact Sheet
Date Posted: 04/09/2007
- Johnsonville Sausage Company is headquartered in Kohler, Wisconsin. That’s in Sheboygan Country – the Brat Capital of the World.
- Established in 1874 and named after U.S. President Andrew Johnson, Johnsonville is a small rural Wisconsin village in the midst of dairy farms and cheese factories. It was popularly known as Schnappsville, and is still much the same as it was back in 1945 when Johnsonville Sausage was founded. It's little more than a country crossroads marked by a dance hall, tavern, volunteer fire department house—and Johnsonville Sausage.
- Today the company's original sausage kitchen, slaughter shed and smokehouse have been replaced with modern, state-of-the-art facilities and a worldwide distribution system. But one thing hasn't changed—the old-fashioned hometown pride and teamwork that staff at Johnsonville tap to make products beyond compare.
- Founded in 1945, the company remains privately owned today.
- In the last 10 years, Johnsonville has seen a 500 percent increase in productivity, going from a small local company to one that does business globally.
- Johnsonville Sausage is available to retailers and the food service industry in all 50 states.
- Johnsonville Sausage is available in 39 countries including Canada, Mexico, France, Japan and China.
Dinner Sausage
- Johnsonville is the nation’s #1 brand of fresh dinner sausage, including bratwurst and Italian sausage.
- No other major processed meat producer in the world offers more flavors of brats than Johnsonville. Varieties include:
- Johnsonville Original Bratwurst Links
- Johnsonville Beer'n Bratwurst Links
- Johnsonville Cheddar Bratwurst Links
- Johnsonville Savory Onion Bratwurst Links
- Johnsonville Honey & Garlic Bratwurst Links
- Johnsonville Hot 'n Spicy Bratwurst
- Johnsonville Oktoberfest Bratwurst
- Johnsonville Bratwurst Burgers
- About 60 percent of the company’s sales are from brats.
- Johnsonville is the nation’s #1 brand of smoked sausage links. Johnsonville offers the following smoked-cooked varieties:
- Johnsonville Beer Brats
- Johnsonville Cooked Brats
- Johnsonville Smoked Brats
- Johnsonville Stadium Style Brats
- Johnsonville Better with Cheddar Links
- Johnsonville New Orleans Spicy Smoked Sausage
- Johnsonville Polish Sausage
- Johnsonville Beef Bratwurst
- Johnsonville Mild Italian Sausage Links
- Johnsonville Hot Links
- Johnsonville Beef Hot Links
- Johnsonville Smoked Sausage
- Johnsonville Swisswurst
- Johnsonville Natural Casing Wieners
- Johnsonville is also a leading brand of Fresh Grilling Sausage in the following varieties:
- Johnsonville Mild, Sweet and Hot Italian Links
- Johnsonville Hot Italian Ground Sausage
- Johnsonville Mild Italian Ground Sausage
- Johnsonville Irish O'Garlic Links
- Johnsonville Polish Sausage Links
- Johnsonville Snack Sausage and Ring Bologna: Original Summer Sausage, Beef Summer Sausage, Garlic Summer Sausage, Old World Recipe Summer Sausage, Little Smokies, Brat Bites, Beef Ring Bologna
- Johnsonville brats are available in 16 NFL stadiums
- Only about 2 percent of all pork is good enough to be used for Johnsonville Brats.
- According to Information Resources Inc., Johnsonville Sausage captured two of the three growth brands in the sausage market with its refrigerated dinner sausage.
- In 2003, Johnsonville introduced Heat & Serve Brats & Mild Italian in select markets. The new Heat & Serve line offers the same bold and juicy taste of Johnsonville’s fresh sausages in a frozen product that could be quickly prepared in a microwave.
- Johnsonville Heat & Serve Dinner Sausages won the Consumers’ Choice Pork Award.
- More than 4,000 McDonald’s restaurants across the nation offer Johnsonville Brats on a seasonal basis.
Breakfast Sausage
- Johnsonville is the number #1 brand of fresh breakfast links.
- Johnsonville offers the following fresh breakfast sausage:
- Johnsonville Original Breakfast Links
- Johnsonville Original Breakfast Patties
- Johnsonville Vermont Maple Syrup Links
- Johnsonville Vermont Maple Syrup Patties
- Johnsonville Brown Sugar & Honey Links
- Johnsonville Hickory Smoke Breakfast Sausage