By ROBERT MERRILL
Preston Citizen
Hubbard’s Packing in Preston is changing ownership after
36 years, but things are staying the same.
Owner/manager Saundra Hubbard announced this week she
has sold the meat- packing business to her niece, Kris
Bullock, most recently from Twin Falls. Bullock spent
most of her life in Inkom and has been living in Twin
Falls for the past 18 months.
Bullock and her family are in the process
of moving to Preston.
“The ownership may be different, but the operation will
remain essentially unchanged. We plan to continue things
the way they have been. We want to let all Saundra’s
customers know that up front,” said Bullock.
She said she has been involved in
financial management since 1999. Her fiancée, Kurt Lish,
has 18 years experience in meat cutting and has owned
his own business for the past five years.
“When we heard Hubbard’s was for sale, we
figured It was a natural opportunity that we just
couldn’t pass up,” she said. |
“We know how well the business has been
taken care of over the years.” Hubbard said she and
her husband, Elbert, operated a meat-packing operation
in Malad for seven years before buying the Preston
firm from Dave Beckstead in 1971.
“After 42 years in business, I figured it
was about time to retire,” said Hubbard. “I was just
going to close the plant. But I’m really, really happy
that we’ve found a buyer, and that we are keeping it
in the family.”
Saundra said she has customers from as far away as Big
Piney, Wyo. Hubbard’s processes |
about 1,000 cattle and 800
hogs annually.
“I’m not going to have much free
time,” she said. “I plan to work part time managing the
books at the Arctic Cat dealership here in Preston and
helping with the family catering business.”
The Preston City Councilwoman said this
spring and summer she also plans to personally take care of
the city’s flower boxes and shade trees that line State and
Oneida streets.
Hubbard’s is open Mondays through Fridays
from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is closed on Saturday. It is
located at 807 West Oneida. The telephone number is
852-1674.
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