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In 1939, after working for other grocers for more than a decade, our Grandpa, Frank Becco established Becco's Market in Iron Mountain, Michigan, and began serving residents of the "Nort Side".  With the dedicated assistance of Grandma Tillie, the fledgling business quickly flourished, and the finest Italian sausage in the country became a mainstay.

Our dad Tom, whom we affectionately called "Bec", joined the business in 1948, working after school and on weekends.  At the young age of 14, Becco's new delivery boy learned to drive the "company" car, and to sit high in the seat to avoid suspicion.    Following graduation, and a 2 year stint in Germany faithfully serving his country in the US Army, Tom joined Frank in the store full time.   The dynamic duo then worked side by side until 1981, when Frank "retired".  While he officially turned the reigns over to Tom at that time, he continued to work in the store, almost until the time of his passing in 1991.

Tom's retirement in July of 2005 marked the end of an era, with the closing of the market that had been an Iron Mountain fixture for 66 years.  But that did not bring an end to the making of the finest Italian sausage.  Because Tom wanted things to remain the same for his long valued patrons, neither the business nor recipe was sold. A licensing agreement was instead established for the sausage to be made on his behalf in Ishpeming, Michigan.  For the next 11 years, it was distributed not only throughout the Upper Peninsula, but as far south as Green Bay and Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Sadly, our beloved Dad passed away in June of 2006.  However, we continue to honor all of his, Frank's, and Tillie's hard work throughout the years.  In December of 2015, a new page was added to the story when the production of Becco's sausage returned home to Iron Mountain, to be made fresh daily, just as our Grandpa, Grandma, and Dad used to do. We are extremely pleased to now have Tadych's Econo Foods as our exclusive partner. We join our new friends at Tadych's in pledging that our sausage will always be made in strict accordance with the one and only authentic recipe that has been used since 1939, and which continues to remain under our ownership.

We extend a sincere and heartfelt thanks to all of our long time customers for their support throughout the years, and look forward to many new faces enjoying our sausage in the future.

Jim and Dawn Becco

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