Central Louisiana News

BATON ROUGE – This morning, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) visited Cain’s Family Market and Metal Fab Guys in Livingston Parish to understand their community service and economic needs.

“Cain’s grocery store has a wonderful farmers market where their vendors sell farm-to-table goods. And Metal Fab Guys’ craftsmen produce sturdy, customized metal products for industry and small businesses,” said Dr. Cassidy. “Between their skilled workers and entrepreneurs, and better roads and broadband thanks to the infrastructure bill, Livingston Parish is charging forward.”

Established in 1983 by Carter and Edna Cain in a 6,000-square-foot building in Denham Springs, Cain’s began selling groceries, gas, and hardware in Livingston Parish. They have three different locations in the parish and employ around 200 people. Meanwhile, Metal Fab Guys’ team makes customized metal products for industrial companies and businesses in the surrounding region. They are based in Walker and have 11 employees.

Cassidy visited the Cain’s location in the Town of Livingston during their bi-monthly indoor farmer’s market. He greeted vendors, customers, and Cain’s employees while discussing their needs and concerns. Later, he toured Metal Fab Guys’ headquarters with Livingston Parish President Randy Delatte in Walker to observe their production process.

“Our indoor market provides guests with farm-to-table products,” said Mr. Stan Cain, co-owner of Cain’s Family Market. “Cain’s and our partners try to provide healthier products to our guests. In our time with Senator Cassidy, we were able to discuss the cost of credit card fees that are passed onto our guests. Additionally, we talked about fair purchasing compared to larger chain retailers.”

“This morning, Metal Fab Guys was pleased to welcome United States Senator Bill Cassidy to our Walker facility,” said Mr. “Chez” Ciccone, Vice President of Sales for Metal Fab Guys. “We sincerely appreciate his interest in our company and his desire for our success! Senator Cassidy was fascinated to learn that Metal Fab Guys is a leading provider of sheet metal fabrication, tubular laser cutting, welding, powder coating, precision forming and UV printing services.”

Ciccone added: “We demonstrated how our technologically advanced lasers can reduce a 50-hour manual job down to just a few hours. The Senator also enjoyed learning that in addition to our industrial applications, Metal Fab Guys is a premier destination for metalwork including business signs and logos for companies.”