Our History

A Legacy of Eggs

It’s hard to imagine anyone having an entrepreneurial spirit during the Great Depression, but one man did. It was in the 1930s that Frank Sauder began what would eventually become R.W. Sauder.

In the heart of the Depression Era, Frank Sauder started a door-to-door delivery business. Several days per week in the very early morning hours, Frank Sauder loaded his small truck with the freshest vegetables, poultry and eggs produced on his farm and the farms of his Lancaster County neighbors. Frank would then make the trip from his farmhouse to Philadelphia, where he sold his goods.

It didn’t take long for Frank to establish a sound reputation for selling high-quality food at fair prices, a reputation we’re proud to perpetuate to this day. Frank’s son, Raymond, joined his father’s family business in 1947. Working together, Frank and his son successfully expanded their business into a top-quality egg wholesaling operation in just a few years.