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Eckrich is a prepared meat brand owned by Smithfield Foods. It sells smoked sausages cold cuts hot dogs corn dogs Vienna sausages breakfast sausages and bacon under the Eckrich brand name.Eckrich was founded as a local meat market in Fort Wayne Indiana in 1894 by Peter Eckrich an immigrant from Waldsee Germany. The firm expanded in the local market becoming a wholesaler in 1907 and incorporating as Peter Eckrich and Sons in 1925.