May kicks off our summer-series of shows that keeps us busy all the way through August! This weekend we have a full weekend of shows starting in Menlo Park for Sunset Celebration Weekend Festival. This is one of our very favorite events to attend because it gives us a chance to be among the best artisans from all over California. The Celebration Weekend is packed full of food and wine vendors and unique California merchandise. We are excited to be part of such a great weekend! Hope to see you there May 31-June 1!

As if the weekend wasn't full enough, we will also be at Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival, Saturday May 31st! Being a fellow business in the 805, this show is near and dear to our hearts. We will be serving up a few of our favorite gourmet sausages, including an Elk Swiss sausage, exclusively for Beer Fest. We can't wait to see all of our fans there and share in a great day of food and beer!

 SLO Downtown Association recently highlighted several downtown businesses at their annual Beautification Award ceremony. The Mercantile was awarded among other businesses in the category of Merchandising for 2013. We are honored to be part of the SLO Downtown Association and contribute to this beautiful community!

We listened and we understand the frustrations with high shipping costs.  However unlike others, we do not build shipping into the cost of our products.  But in order to get shipping prices down, we have worked together with our shipping partners, UPS and USPS and are thrilled to now offer all our customers $5.00 Flat Rate Shipping.  There are no minimums to get this rate.  We will either ship your order UPS Ground, or USPS Priority Mail, depending on the size of your order and your location.  For expedited orders or Sausage Orders, Here's what you can do so we can get you the best price we can on shipping:

1) Make a note on your online order in the "customer note" section: "Find me the cheapest shipping option."

    -OR- email us at info@cattaneobros.com

    -OR- call us at 1-800-243-8537 to place your order and have us check the shipping for you.

This will indicate to us that, as a customer, you prefer the cheapest shipping option even if it takes a day or two longer to arrive. 

2) We will review your order and compare the shipping prices between UPS and USPS to find you the cheapest shipping cost.

3) We will make adjustments to your order before we charge your card. 

We cannot guarantee that we can find a cheaper option than what is originally given to you, but we value our customers and will do our best!