Meet the big food company in Memphis you don’t know exists
From left, Monogram Foods’ Liz McKee, Iesha Harris, Palmer Jackson, and Stephanie Lockwood. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Packages of frozen egg bites, pancakes-and-sausage-on-a-stick, corndogs and other frozen foods start their journey to retailers across the country from Memphis.
Those products come from Memphis-based Monogram Foods, the quietly influential local company whose impact touches kitchens nationwide.
“Our food is probably in your freezer at home, or you’re enjoying it at breakfast on your way to work,” said Liz McKee, Monogram’s director of corporate communications.
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Ellen Chamberlain
Ellen Chamberlain is a global citizen who is happy to call Memphis her forever home. The Michigan native has worked in media for nearly 25 years as a radio broadcaster, journalist and ghostwriter. As The Daily Memphian’s food and restaurant writer, she gives readers inside perspectives of their favorite restaurants and the people behind them, suggestions for the best bites around town and the latest food news from in and around Shelby County.
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