Mike Salguero

Launching Farm-Raised Atlantic Salmon 

Almost six years ago, ButcherBox became more than just a meat company when we began offering wild-caught, Alaskan sockeye salmon to our customers for the first time. Since then, we’ve added more than a dozen wild-caught seafood products to our catalog.  As we’ve expanded our seafood selection, we’ve heard from […]

US Pasture-Raised Grain-Finished Beef

When I started ButcherBox, my intention was to source high-quality, humanely raised meat and make it easier for consumers to buy it online. Nearly a decade later, ButcherBox has become a whole lot more than that. What started out as an easy way to get meat delivered has turned into […]

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What We’ve Learned in the First Five Years of ButcherBox

In the past five years, we’ve learned through building ButcherBox that when you believe in what you do, your mission can grow from a solid foundation. The initial motivation to start a monthly subscription-based company that delivered frozen meat to families across the country was to be able to provide […]

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A Thank You From Our Founder

Since early March, the ButcherBox team has been called on as a crucial player in the food supply industry to continue to do what we’ve always done: Deliver protein directly to consumers’ homes. While that may seem like a simple task, in a time of crisis and uncertainty, it’s anything […]

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A Note From Our Founder [Updated – 5-21-20]

Click here for the updates at bottom of this post related to COVID-19. To our ButcherBox community, Since mid-February, myself and our team have been hard at work preparing for the potential impact that COVID-19 would have on our members, employees, farmers, and animals. There is nothing more important to […]

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Seeking Better

I’ve never been more excited to be a part of this company than I am today. Throughout the past few years, we’ve grown a lot. More chairs were added to our table. So many, that we expanded our offices. More than once. Farmers and suppliers from across the globe joined […]

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Building a Company and Being a Dad

When I was running my first company, I believed that I knew what it meant to be a great business leader. I thought it showed good leadership to “set the pace” by being the first one in the office and the last to leave. I also felt it was noble […]