{"id":59036,"date":"2021-11-15T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/?post_type=newsroom&#038;p=59036"},"modified":"2024-09-12T09:58:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T14:58:19","slug":"black-entrepreneurship-arthurs-sausage-new-business","status":"publish","type":"newsroom","link":"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/newsroom\/people-culture\/black-entrepreneurship-arthurs-sausage-new-business\/","title":{"rendered":"H&#038;R Block Profiles in Black entrepreneurship: Grilling up a new business"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"gutenslider-6aruyd25l\" class=\"wp-block-eedee-block-gutenslider gs-frontend content-change alignnone adaptive-height arrow-style-1 arrow-position-sides arrow-mb-none arrows-lg arrows-md arrows-sm dot-style-1 dots-lg dots-md dots-sm dot-position-bottom is-position-center-center mb-none wrap-auto-height\" data-parallax-direction=\"down\" data-parallax-amount=\"1.3\" data-lg-transition=\"lg-slide\" data-hash=\"\" ><div class=\"eedee-swiper-outer\" style=\"--gutenslider-min-height: 50vh;--gutenslider-arrow-size: 30px;--gutenslider-dot-size: 25px;--gutenslider-arrow-color: #ffffff;--gutenslider-dot-color: #ffffff;--gutenslider-padding-y-mobile: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-mobile: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-tablet: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-tablet: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-desktop: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-desktop: 40px;--gutenslider-bg-image: url();--gutenslider-min-height-md: 50vh;--gutenslider-min-height-sm: 50vh;--gutenslider-padding-x: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-md: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-sm: 20px;--gutenslider-padding-y: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-md: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-sm: 20px;--gutenslider-arrow-size-md: 30px;--gutenslider-arrow-size-sm: 30px;--gutenslider-dot-size-md: 25px;--gutenslider-dot-size-sm: 25px;--gutenslider-arrow-bg-color: transparent;--gutenslider-arrow-hover-color: #eeeeee;--gutenslider-arrow-bg-hover-color: transparent;--gutenslider-arrow-x-offset: 10px;--gutenslider-arrow-x-offset-md: 10px;--gutenslider-arrow-x-offset-sm: 10px;--gutenslider-arrow-y-offset: 0px;--gutenslider-arrow-y-offset-md: 0px;--gutenslider-arrow-y-offset-sm: 0px;--gutenslider-arrow-x-spacing: 0px;--gutenslider-dot-y-offset: 10px;--gutenslider-dot-y-offset-md: 10px;--gutenslider-dot-y-offset-sm: 10px;--gutenslider-margin-x: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-x-md: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-x-sm: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-y: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-y-md: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-y-sm: 0px;--gutenslider-divider-top: 60px;--gutenslider-divider-bottom: 60px;--gutenslider-lightgallery-bg: #ffffff;--gutenslider-lightgallery-font: #000000;--gs-first-pos: 50% 50%;--gs-gap-vertical: var( --wp--style--gallery-gap-default, var( --gallery-block--gutter-size, var( --wp--style--block-gap, 0.5em ) ) );--gs-gap-horizontal: var( --wp--style--gallery-gap-default, var( --gallery-block--gutter-size, var( --wp--style--block-gap, 0.5em ) ) );\"><div class=\"gutenslider-divider-top\" style=\"color:#fff;\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper\" data-settings='{\"autoplay\":{\"delay\":3000,\"pauseOnMouseEnter\":true,\"disableOnInteraction\":false},\"speed\":700,\"direction\":\"horizontal\",\"autoHeight\":\"\",\"loop\":true,\"centeredSlides\":true,\"spaceBetween\":0,\"slidesPerView\":1,\"slidesPerGroup\":1,\"effect\":\"slide\",\"coverflowEffect\":{\"rotate\":30,\"slideShadows\":false,\"depth\":100,\"stretch\":50,\"modifier\":1},\"fadeEffect\":{\"crossFade\":true},\"zoom\":\"\",\"navigation\":{\"nextEl\":\"#gutenslider-6aruyd25l .eedee-gutenslider-next\",\"prevEl\":\"#gutenslider-6aruyd25l .eedee-gutenslider-prev\"},\"pagination\":{\"type\":\"bullets\",\"clickable\":true,\"dynamicBullets\":false,\"el\":\"#gutenslider-6aruyd25l .eedee-gutenslider-pagination\"},\"pauseOnHover\":\"1\",\"watchSlidesProgress\":true,\"watchSlidesVisibility\":true,\"settingsMd\":{\"autoHeight\":\"\",\"slidesPerView\":1,\"slidesPerGroup\":1,\"spaceBetween\":0,\"loop\":true},\"settingsLg\":{\"autoHeight\":\"1\",\"slidesPerView\":1,\"slidesPerGroup\":1,\"spaceBetween\":0,\"loop\":true},\"hasLg\":false,\"hasLgCounter\":true,\"isFullScreen\":false,\"arrowsFollowMouse\":false,\"lgTitle\":\"none\",\"lgCaption\":\"none\",\"lgThumbnails\":true,\"lgZoomEnabled\":false,\"keyboard\":{\"keyboard\":{\"enabled\":true,\"onlyInViewport\":true}},\"hashNavigation\":false,\"dividers\":false}'><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"swiper-slide wp-block-eedee-block-gutenslide is-position-center-center ed-bg-image\" style=\"--ed-vw:300;--ed-vh:200;\" data-hash=\"\"><div class=\"eedee-background-div bg-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"wp-image-59031\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Arthur-Walston-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-fit: cover; 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His background is in professional baseball. He played for the Kansas City Giants, and then did a loop with the majors, trying out for different teams as a pitcher including the Montreal Expos and the Kansas City Royals. He\u2019s now also a vice president for the Kansas City Kansas Baseball Association and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/rbi\/about\">Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities<\/a> and likes to help children learn about the sport. Walston says being an athlete kept him out of a trouble growing up and he tries to pass those lessons along through the program. \u201cI just try to teach them to be the best person they can be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with a career as a professional athlete, Walston has been grilling his homemade sausages for 40 years, \u201cI just love sausage.\u201d It all started informally, grilling for friends and family at cookouts. \u201cIt\u2019s a God-sent product. I thank him for the idea, and the will and the wisdom.\u201d He\u2019s proud of his product and the namesake of his business, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arthurshometownsausage.com\/\">Arthur\u2019s Hometown Sausage<\/a>, after spending years refining it before landing on a 95-percent fat free, all beef recipe. In fact, he calls himself the Other Arthur, rival to another famous Kansas City barbeque business Arthur Bryant\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Walston credits his faith for the push to create his own business, it was a joint venture with and for his children. \u201cI had the product and they had the knowledge,\u201d says Walston. Walston has three sons: Elijah, Arthur III, and Claude; and two daughters: Monica and Marla. The business is co-owned by both Arthurs, Elijah, and Marla. In fact, Walston\u2019s ultimate goal is to retire within the year and leave a growing business in his children\u2019s capable hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond the sausage, Arthur\u2019s Hometown Sausage offers a variety of smoked meats including turkeys, briskets, and ribs, and even occasionally wild game. They currently distribute locally, and often do catering and events with a newly wrapped food truck. Before the pandemic, they were even beginning to ship product but that stopped due to increased complexities during COVID-19. Walston says they took a bit of a pause in sales during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walston turned to the Urban League of Greater Kansas City and H&amp;R Block <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/newsroom\/small-business\/hrblock-supports-black-owned-businesses\/\">program for Black-owned businesses<\/a>, for financial planning help, advice in keeping down expenses, and marketing support. In the future, he wants to have a couple food trucks as well as brick-and-mortar locations in both Missouri and Kansas, hoping ultimately to have a chain of locations. His children helped expand into social media and pushed forward the idea of a food truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Walston, it\u2019s all about being able to pass something off to his children and see them succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got a product that nobody else in the world can make but us, and it\u2019s Kansas City\u2019s own.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos by Kenney Ellison Arthur Walston has two passions: baseball and sausage. His background is in professional baseball. He played for the Kansas City Giants, and then did a loop with the majors, trying out for different teams as a pitcher including the Montreal Expos and the Kansas City Royals. 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