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Founding of meat companies
Sam Solasz founded several meat companies in September 1957.
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... voluntering for combat duty in the Israeli armed forces
during the War of Independence. Assisted by the
Government, he went into business and discovered that
his father had some relatives in the United States. With
the aid of HIAS, he arrived in New York in January
1951. Finding a job in the third largest meat corpora-
tion, he developed an intimate knowledge of the meat-
processing and packing industry and, in September
1957, founded Master Purveyors, Old Bohemian, Tem-
ple Beef and S & S Meat companies. These firms pro-
vide meat to the largest hotels, restaurants and
institutions in the United States and abroad. Asa result
of his sharp mind, his retentive memory and his ambi-
tious drive, Sam Solasz has become a_ prosperous
entrepreneur. ...Connected nodes