Beef Tallow Has Been Big Business For This Bridgeport Company Since The ’70s

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Original Load Date Feb. 16, 2026, 8 a.m.
Last Updated Feb. 16, 2026, 8 a.m.
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BRIDGEPORT — As conversation-starters go, Matt Miniat has a doozy: “I sell fat,” he said, and lots of it. Miniat is COO of fifth-generation, family-owned Miniat Holdings, the parent company of Bridgeport’s [ South Chicago Packing ][6] , 945 W. 38th St. One of the nation’s largest manufacturers of h...