The company was started by Chicago entrepreneur, Judge H. Parker who came to Chicago from Montgomery County, Tennessee with little more than the conviction that there was a potential market for homemade sausage products prepared according to his mother’s recipes. By 1919 Judge Parker began selling his unique blend of herbs and spices mixed with flavorful, savory sausage from a horse drawn cart on a retail basis.
Judge Parker acquired a small plant facility and several refrigerated trucks which served to enhance recognition of the Parker House brand – from there, demand for his sausage products continued to grow.