If the meat business had a hall of fame, John Story would be in it.
Which is to say, there is, and he is.
In November the retired supermarket company executive and Mankato resident will be inducted into the Meat Industry Hall of Fame, which annually honors leaders from all sectors of the livestock, meat and poultry processing industries.
Story, who will be among 12 inductees at ceremonies in Chicago, worked nearly 50 years in the industry, retiring in 1998 as head of meat and deli operations for Fairway Foods.
He will join past hall-of-famers that include Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Col. Harland Sanders, McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc, Hormel Foods President Joel Johnson, country singer Jimmy Dean, who became a breakfast sausage magnate and a spate of food scientists, professors and others who made significant contributions to the industry.
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