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 ...

Cowboys needed food that was easy to store and carry, and which would last long on the road. This meaty snack fit the bill, ...

With more brands and varieties hitting shelves every year, the category includes traditional whole-muscle beef jerky alongside ground-and-formed meat sticks, meat chips, turkey and chicken options, ...

Meat snack brands Chomps, Archer, Think Jerky, Lorissa’s Kitchen and others shared their latest at the 2025 Natural Products Expo West conference, amid a surge in consumer demand for protein and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meat snack company Chomps announced a voluntary recall on select beef and turkey sticks in coordination with its "manufacturing ...

Meat snacks: the next big thing in salty snacks? Sales of meat snacks, the fourth-largest category in convenience stores, are growing faster than total snacks. 1 They could be the next big thing in ...

SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — Country Archer Provisions, a manufacturer of meat snacks, is launching a line of high-protein meat sticks. The product is designed as an on-the-go source of protein that ...

The Vernon plant where Farmer John hot dogs were once made will soon be cranking out millions of pounds of meat sticks for a fast-growing Southern California snack food company. It will be the second ...

Beef jerky, meat sticks, and other meat-based goodies have become some of the most popular grab-and-go snacks around. They are part of the fastest-growing snack category, with U.S. sales of meat ...