Cougle Commission Company was founded in 1873 by four Cougle
        brothers on the Old South Water St. In 1900, Louis E. Freidheim
        the Grandfather of the current corporate president Louis E. 
        Freidheim, joined the company as its bookkeeper and correspondent.
        The firm was incorporated in 1923. Two years later, the establishment
        moved from South Water Street to Randolph Street, which was at the 
        time the dry grocery and fresh fruit and vegetable wholesale center
        for the central part of the city. L.Edgar Freidheim, father of the 
        current president and vice-president, joined the company in 1931, and
        was elected president in 1959. The last of the four Cougle brothers
        died in 1928 and, since 1945, members of the Freidheim family have 
        been the company's only shareholders.

        Until 1938, the company functioned on a farmers commission basis;
        handling direct shipments of live poultry, veal, vegetables, eggs,
        etc. This prduce was shipped to the company by rail or boat and later 
        by truck from farmers and small produce dealers in the Midwestern 
        region. In 1938, Cougle became primarily a poultry house, adopting 
        its current logo, a "spread-eagle" chicken with a big "C" on its breast.
        In 1967, the firm took on red meat. The current U.S.D.A. inspected 
        facility built 1979 on an acre of land, was expanded in 1984. The 
        processing facilities were expanded in 1995 which included automated
        equipment for sizing and sorting boneless breast meat. Cougle has 2 
        processing coolers for a cutting and boning; 2 holding coolers that can 
        store up to 10 truckloads at one time and Freezer with a storage capacitiy
        for 20 truckloads.

        Today this plant processes 500,000 lbs. per week of custom cut chicken
        and chicken parts, boned chicken breast and boned leg meat.  Cougle
        distributes products to the hotel, restaurant and institution industries,
        and has extensive experience with the national and local multi-unit chain 
        operations.  EXCELLENT quality and service is the company standard.