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 ...

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 ...

Beef jerky sticks and strips make great, portable, protein-packed snacks. Tajin beef jerky Tillamook Country Smoker in Bay City, Oregon, has been producing beef jerky since the 1960s. Today, the ...

The meat processing manufacturer Western Smokehouse Partners is looking to fill jobs for its new facility in Mexico, Missouri that will make Chomps meat snacks. Fresh or frozen meat will arrive at the ...