Gartner's Country Meat Market

The Gartner’s Meats story really began when Jack Gartner, a Portlander since birth, returned to Oregon in 1948 after a four-year tour of duty with the U.S. Navy. Settling in The Dalles, he would spend the next eight years honing his skills as head meat cutter at the Easthill Food Center and the Hilltop Market. Anxious to pursue his entrepreneurial longing, Jack moved to Odell, Oregon, to open a small grocery store. But his heart was still in Portland — so in 1959 he came home to the Rose City and set up shop as Gartner’s Country Meat Market.