Articles Tagged with ''meat snacks''

Country Archer Beef Sticks and Turkey Sticks

Country Archer Jerky Co. hits the mark

A chance encounter between a young entrepreneur and a high-quality beef jerky resulted in one of the most recognizable brands in the meat snack market.
Sam Gazdziak
December 14, 2018
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Typically, a trip to the Grand Canyon results in spectacular views, incredible photos and maybe a couple of souvenirs from the park's gift shop. It does not, generally speaking, involve discovering a beef jerky that changes your business aspirations and sets you on a new career path.
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2018 American Cured Meat Championships

2018 ACMC: Whole-Muscle Jerky Class

Interview with Dr. Carol Lorenzen of the University of Missouri
October 23, 2018
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Jerky, along with other meat snacks, are a consumer favorite. This interview covers how to make a jerky that tastes as good as it looks.
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Stryve's Biltong Sticks
Independent Processor's Prime Cuts

Biltong breaks through

Stryve hopes to make inroads in the meat snack market with a new (to the U.S.) product.
Sam Gazdziak
October 16, 2018
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In the growing meat snack category, there are easily identifiable categories. A meat stick is different from a meat bar, which is different from jerky. Then, there is biltong.
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Jorge Izquierdo of PMMI and Andy Hanacek of The National Provisioner

The effect of snacking and convenience on meat and poultry packaging

Episode 3 of The National Provisioner's video series on trends in the meat & poultry industry with Jorge Izquierdo of PMMI.
October 2, 2018
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In this video interview, Jorge Izquierdo of PMMI explains how the trends of consumers toward snacking and convenience in the meat and poultry marketplace has propelled innovation throughout the processing and packaging chain.
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Troy Link, President and CEO of Jack Link's Protein Snacks, and Sasquatch
Cover Story

Jack Link's: Messin' with snacks

Jack Link's Protein Snacks believes meat to be seriously underappreciated by consumers as a healthy option for protein and performance, and it plans to shake up the snack category with a major increase in household penetration for meat snacks.
Andy Hanacek
February 20, 2018
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Minong, Wis.- based Jack Link’s Protein Snacks has been no stranger to success. Having spent the last several decades building what some would consider the quintessential meat snacks brand (complete with Sasquatch spokesbeast) in Jack Link’s, the team has not become less aggressive.
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Meat Snacks

Opportunities in meat snacks

Store shelves are filling up with snack sticks, jerky and meat bars, but there is still an opportunity for processors.
Sam Gazdziak
February 14, 2018
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The traditional jerky and snack sticks have been joined by meat bars, meaty trail mix and many other novel configurations. Growth in the sector has fueled innovation, as more companies join the hunt to capture market share of meat snacks.
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Expresco ProSticks Product Lineup
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ProSticks: Skewering the meat snack category

Expresco has applied its expertise in grilled chicken products with a line of snack-sized chicken skewers.
Sam Gazdziak
August 11, 2017
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The growth of the meat snack category has demonstrated that consumers are driven to meat in many hand-held forms. Expresco Foods, a Montreal, Quebec processor with a particular expertise in grilled meats, is banking that consumers will want to snack with skewers as well.


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Monogram Foods corporate office team
Processor of the Year

2017 Processor of the Year: Monogram Foods

Monogram Foods continues to prove its commitment to superb growth, product innovation and technology advancement — and has its sights set on loftier goals and new challenges.
Andy Hanacek
June 8, 2017
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Make no mistake: The National Provisioner's 2017 Processor of the Year, Monogram Foods, is a proven winner.


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