“My husband and I both have degrees in animal science, met in school, and after graduating from Fresno State, we joined the industry and several processing plants in the Central Valley. Cumming and her husband Sean have been in the meat business since they were born. Shelley Cumming, the current Owner of JR Meat Company, was born and raised in Porterville. So people started walking through the doors of JR and were able to order steaks cut to their specifications. Soon, people who ate at the restaurants would want to know where to get those same tasty steaks and juicy burgers for their Sunday barbeques. John’s vision for JR Meat Company was for it to be a meat processing plant, locker, and restaurant supplier however, Porterville had a bigger vision. (Eagle Mountain Casino, Porterville, CA 93257) – JR Meat Company has been a staple in Porterville, CA since it was started by John Roberts in the 1980s.
