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Purnell’s 24 Packs now available in Atlanta region
Now, if you live in the Atlanta Area, Purnell’s Patties are available in the 24 pack! Click here (pdf) for a complete list of Kroger Stores now carrying Purnell’s Sausage. Purnell’s Patties are Gooo-od! You can enjoy them straight out of the freezer one patty or one box at a time. Just take them out [...]
Ann Purnell Shelter Dedication
On September 12, 2009, the City of Simpsonville officially dedicated the Ann Purnell Shelter.
Purnell’s sausage: good for the heart
Purnell’s Sausage: Good for the Heart Did you know Purnell Sausage is participating in an international program that helps heart transplant patients in need? For the last four months, Purnell Sausage’s Paula Sewell has been meticulously inspecting and trimming qualified pig hearts that would otherwise go to waste to retrieve the much needed valve material [...]
National Launch of New Line
IT’S GOOO-OD® Gets Even Better with National Launch of New Line; Fully-Cooked Country Sausage, Turkey Patties and Links SIMPSONVILLE, Kentucky, (September 19, 2008) F. B. Purnell Sausage Company, Inc. announces the launch of four new products to its line of more than 60 fine sausage foods. Todd Purnell, President of F. B. Purnell Sausage Company [...]
The new Old Stone Inn
Sentinel-News By Scott McDaniel/Sentinel-News Staff Writer The Old Stone Inn’s new owners will soon reopen its doors and welcome diners back into the historic restaurant. Simpsonville natives and cousins Shelley Thompson-Cotton, proprietor, and Deanna Shelton, assistant, spent the month of March preparing their newly acquired business for the public. They said they hope to have [...]
Co-Founder of Purnell’s Sausage Dies
Associated Press SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Clara Bridges Purnell, co-founder of Purnell Sausage Co., died Saturday at her home in Simpsonville. She was 102. Purnell, a native of Springfield, Tenn., helped start the business in 1932 with her husband, Fred B. Purnell Sr. She helped grind and season the meat, packing it in hand-sewn cloth [...]