Who We Are
Who We Are
We started as a small neighborhood butcher shop back in 1976, when brothers Ray and Tony Rastelli decided to take a chance on a dream. That one shop in New Jersey has since grown into a family-run company with modern, USDA-inspected facilities, strong partnerships and distribution that reaches around the world.
Even with our growth, we haven’t forgotten our roots. We take ownership in the production process — hand trimming, processing and packing in our state-of-the-art plants. We pay attention to the details that matter, setting the standard in taste, quality, cleanliness and safety.
Over time, we’ve also built systems and partnerships that help the finest hotels, restaurants, institutions and retailers offer more to their customers. With an extensive menu of gourmet meats, seafood and heat and serve items, our clients can expand their offerings with confidence.
Today, the next generation of the Rastelli family leads the business, carrying forward the same values of integrity and care. Every order still reflects the hands-on attention and family pride that started it all.
“Anyone can cut a steak. But by designing, and building, and now operating great plants, we can differentiate ourselves in the business.”
Ray Rastelli, Jr.
Our Process
At Rastelli Foods Group, quality assurance begins with vertical integration. We maintain complete oversight of our supply chain through direct ownership and proprietary partnerships with trusted suppliers. This commitment to excellence starts long before products reach our facilities — ensuring consistency, safety, and premium quality at every stage of sourcing, production, and distribution.
Cattle on Farm
Feed Lot
Harvest Facility
usda-certified
processing plant
Shipping Direct to Customer
Quality Assurance
Safety • Quality • State-of-the-Art-Facilities
No single facet of our day-to-day operation is more important than providing a safe work environment for our employees, subcontractors, vendors and customers. We offer best-in-class safety training, top-of-the-line equipment and instill our core safety values in every member of our organization. All products leaving our facilities undergo rigorous safety checks and quality controls. That way, our partners can trust the products they serve to their customers.
Rastelli Foods Group
- With over 300,000 square feet of production space and over 170,000 square feet of warehouse and logistics capacity housed within the South Jersey region, our 8 state-of-the-art facilities provide the scale, efficiency, and strategic location needed to serve customers nationwide with speed and precision
- USDA, FDA, FoodChek™ and SQF certified sourcing, harvesting, processing and packaging
- Our team receives ongoing training to meet SQF Certified with an “Excellent” Rating ensuring uncompromising food safety for our customers.
- Leader in food safety, including ozonated water systems and daily pathogen batch tests to ensure overall wholesomeness
- International order management, including USDA inspections, veterinary signings, legalization of documents, foreign label translations, container shipment optimization and global logistics
Awards
Certifications
Certifications & Program Approvals
- USDA Organic Certified (via CCOF)
- USDA EV-Program Certified (Export Verification)
- SQF v9.0 Certified Facility – Rated Excellent (Safe Quality Food)
- Halal Certified (Product & Facility via Halal Transactions)
- Certified Humane Certified
- MSC Chain of Custody Certified (Marine Stewardship Council)
- Best Aquaculture Practices Certified
- FSC Sourcing Certified (Forest Stewardship Council)
- European Union Certified Process Facility
Government & Military Approvals
- Approved Source for U.S. Department of Defense Contract Purchasing
- US-DOD Approved for U.S. Military Manufacture and Distribution
- FDA Approved Facility
- USDA / AMS Approved – Beef Export Program / QSA Quality Systems Program
- USDA Certified Establishment:
- Manufacturing: Est. #M7877A – P7877A – V7877A
- Consolidation, Imports, Exports: Est. #M7877B – P7877B – V7877B
