GIBBON — Though none of the three Gibbon siblings who took over Finney’s Meat Market in February have ever owned a business, the idea of running a meat shop was not so far-fetched.
For Sonni Benge, Logan Oliver and Nicole Schuster, all born and raised in Gibbon, working in the meat business runs in the family. Their father works at the Gibbon Packing Co. and their grandfather owned a butcher shop, “so we’ve always kind of been around it,” Oliver said.
“We’ve just always talked about doing something together and this just kind of happened,” Benge said.
Logan Oliver works to clean up a tenderloin at Finney’s Meat Market in Gibbon, which he owns with his sisters, Sonni Benge and Nicole Schuster.
Jeff Damron, Kearney HubFinney’s originally was opened in 2013 by Cathy and Jim Finney. The siblings’ father Rusty Oliver found out the Finneys were looking to sell after he had stopped by the shop one day and was talking with the owners.
Benge said, “We’ve always wanted to own our own business so he just kind of thought we’d be good for it. It was just kind of by chance.”
Nicole Schuster bags a fillet for a customer at Finney's Meat Market. Schuster and her two siblings, Sonni Benge and Logan Oliver, run the Gibbon meat shop.
Jeff Damron, Kearney HubAt the meat shop at 49420 U.S. Highway 30, the three siblings process and sell different cuts of meat. Customers can either bring in their own meat and the Finney’s owners will cook it or cut it up for different products and package it. They also sell their own meat — produced mostly from the Tri-City area. Customers can purchase products such as steaks, cooked meats and snacks, including beef jerky and smoked cheeses.
When customers drop meat off it’s usually at least partially processed, skinned and cleaned. The three siblings then finish processing it, cut it up and package it.
The siblings also will process wild game and provide catering for gatherings — their largest endeavor was the Nebraska Steak Fry for Gov. Pete Ricketts’ re-election campaign in October 2017 at a farm north of Shelton. Oliver estimated they served about 1,500 people.
The siblings, however, will cater about anything from meetings to weddings — they typically supply smoked meats, different sides and desserts.
Down the road, the siblings hope to eventually have a farmer’s market.
As Gibbon natives, keeping the meat market open and providing for the community is important to the family.
“I’d say it’s a place for them to get meat that they know is going to be high quality and that it is fairly local,” Oliver said.
Benge said, “We’re born and raised in Gibbon and we want to provide for our local community and give back to them and have a place that they can come and shop that’s high quality.”
A ribbon cutting is schedule May 5.
Finney’s is open 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday; and 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday.
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