For nearly 60 years, Carroll’s Meat Shoppe has been a fixture in Jacksonville’s Panama Park neighborhood, serving generations of families with affordable meat, friendly service, and a personal touch that has become increasingly rare.
The family-owned business, founded in 1966 by Herman “Smitty” Schuman, will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a community celebration on July 3.
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Located in an area many residents consider a food desert, Carroll’s has become more than just a butcher shop. For many customers, it’s a neighborhood institution.
“Everybody around here knows Carroll’s,” longtime customer Marvin Nance said. “It has everything you need and if they don’t have it, they can order it. It’s an all-around shop.”
A Jacksonville institution
At 93 years old, Schuman still stops by the store about once a week. Looking back on nearly six decades in business, he credits one simple philosophy for Carroll’s success…