Meat sticks, once relegated to a gas station guilty pleasure, have experienced a serious reputational glow-up. The ascension of protein as a celebrated pillar of the modern American diet is fueling ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover innovation across the food & beverage landscape. 13 years ago, Rashid Ali and Pete Maldonado started a meat stick company ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beef sticks are awesome. A protein-packed snack usually bursting with savory flavor at a modest calorie count? Count me in. But ...

From local farms to grocery stores and butcher shops, area businesses benefit from a surge in demand for meat sticks. Sales of dried meat snacks – excluding jerky – were up 10.4%, to about $3.29 ...

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Sales of meat sticks — think Slim Jims or Chomps — were up significantly last year and became the fastest-growing category in snacks. In total, the Wall Street Journal reported that sales of dried ...

Stoltzfus Meats’ plant in Gordonville was the scene Friday morning for a gathering of beef producers and promoters to kick off an effort to give every Pennsylvania student a meat stick every week for ...