Listee Features — June 6, 2022

Involved in the meat industry for over 35 years, Debra Joyce Sam has been the owner and operator of Sam’s Meats since 1982. Sam’s Meats traces its roots back to Ms. Sam’s father, Wayne Sam, who was a butcher by trade. Impacted by the meat shortage of 1973, Mr. Sam traveled from California to Colorado to purchase beef and the following year ended up moving his family to Colorado where he had the opportunity to open his own business, which had long been a dream of his. Ms. Sam and her three siblings worked at the shop with their father, and in 1982, her brother Ken decided he wanted to follow in their father’s footsteps and open a second location.