The snack’s popularity has brought a proliferation of new flavors and high-end options. For some fans, that’s a problem.

A Florida man in his mid-40s on a meat, fat, and dairy-heavy diet arrived at a Tampa hospital with ooze emanating from yellowish nodes on the palms of his hands, elbows, and the soles of his feet.

Most mornings, Greg Brooks wakes up and heads to a 7-Eleven for a meat stick. He’s promptly bombarded with choices, from the classic Slim Jim to a proliferation of options promising to be ...

A Florida man in his mid-40s on a meat, ... Man who only ate cheese, beef and sticks of butter for 8 months suffers shocking side effect By . Reda Wigle. Published Jan. 24, ...

Kang said the company, which employs nearly 200, had a 90% increase in sales last year, mostly fueled by meat sticks, and will take in nearly $500 million in revenue in the next 18 months.

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 ...

A Florida Man’s Meat, Cheese, ... He accomplished this by regularly eating six to nine pounds of cheese, copious sticks of butter, and daily hamburgers stuffed with even more fat.

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. ...