The original recipes for Jacksonville's Azar Sausage Company was created in 1954 by founder John P. Azar. John's family immigrated from the Old Country to America in 1924.John owned a small grocery store in Jacksonville, FL. and started making sausage in the back of the family store for his family and friends. John created mouth watering  recipes. As his sausage business grew, John's family grocery store soon became a state inspected plant and Azar Sausage Company was founded. In 1960 John's son Raymond came on board and established Azar Sausage Company national brand.

Azar Sausage Company is now operating under it's third-generation. Raymond  and his son's, Phillip and John Azar (grandsons of John P Azar).Today the Azar's are still using the same original receipes . The new generation continues to maintain a high standard of excellence.The sausage comes only from the highest quality of meats, seasoned with the finest herbs and all products are federally inspected.Today all of the processing is packaged under the watchful eyes of the Azar family to ensure the high quality of flavor that was originally developed by John P. Azar in 1954.