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Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jack Link's Marks 40th Anniversary with "Christmas for Carnivores" Promotion to Celebrate National Jerky Day, June 12
The company is celebrating 40 years of protein snacking with a special 50% discount on a gift box of Jack Link's beef jerky, only on Amazon. MINONG, Wisc., June 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Jack Link's, the leading brand in protein meat snacks and a proud family-owned company, is excited to announce its celebration of National Jerky Day on June 12, 2025. This year's festive theme, "Christmas for Carnivores," invites meat-lovers everywhere to enjoy their favorite protein-packed Jack Link's jerky while celebrating four decades of Jack Link's innovation and leadership in the meat snacks category. "We are excited to celebrate National Jerky Day as we mark our 40th anniversary," said Troy Link, CEO of Jack Link's. "We created the protein meat snacks category and remain the number one brand in this space today. Consumers' awareness of the importance of protein is growing rapidly, and we're proud to be a family-owned company that continues to innovate with our customers. At Jack Link's, we take immense pride in our heritage, leadership and investment in the growth of our category." Leading up to June 12, Jack Link's will bring together jerky lovers from all walks of life to celebrate National Jerky Day with fun promotions, engaging social media activities, and mouth-watering meat snacks that satisfy every craving: Jack Link's will be offering a limited-time national promotion: customers can enjoy an unbelievable 50% discount on a special box containing 11 full-size Jack Link's products for only $19.19 (while supplies last). This exclusive deal will be available on Amazon starting on June 8, allowing fans to stock up on their favorite jerky just in time for National Jerky Day celebrations. For those that miss the Amazon deal, Jack Link's will also be offering 30% off all products at a sale that runs June 11-13. The excitement kicks off at the NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich. the weekend of June 6-8. Famed Jack Link's mascot Sasquatch will play Santa while distributing more than 50,000 bags of Jack Link's DUOS alongside the waving branches of a giant, 20-foot inflatable Christmas tree strung with bags of jerky. The fan experience will be punctuated with on-air mentions during Sunday's race broadcast on Prime. Holly LaVallie, SVP of Marketing at Jack Link's, shared insights into the significance of National Jerky Day, a national "holiday" which Jack Link's created in 2012 to celebrate real meat protein snacking. "National Jerky Day has become an event jerky fans look forward to each year. This year's 'Christmas for Carnivores' theme perfectly captures the spirit that drives our love for meat snacks… and our 50% off gift box sale on Amazon is truly like Christmas in June for carnivores everywhere! Celebrate with us, or better yet, bring Christmas in June to your favorite carnivore!" This isn't the first year that Jack Link's has gone big to celebrate National Jerky Day. The company has created some memorable National Jerky Day activations in the past, from last year's 'Sasquatch in the Skies' spectacular drone light show depicting a 400-foot-tall Sasquatch (bigger than the Statue of Liberty) hovering in the sky over the Hudson River in NYC; to creating a huge replica of Mount Rushmore made out of jerky -- dubbed 'Meat Rushmore' -- in NYC's Columbus Circle; to constructing 'Meatzilla' (a three-story bag of jerky) in NYC's Meatpacking District; and the famous 'Meat the Candidates' portraits made out of jerky depicting candidates Barack 'Oba-meat' and 'Meat' Romney during the 2012 presidential election. For more information about Jack Link's and its products, visit About Link Snacks Link Snacks is a leader in snacking and its brand Jack Link's is the No. 1 meat snack brand in America. Headquartered in Minong, Wisconsin, Link Snacks is a family-owned and operated company that represents a heritage of unsurpassed quality and innovation since 1985. The company is made up of passionate Team Members, across 11 countries, who share an uncompromising commitment to deliver awesome products. Link Snacks offers premium protein snacks in a variety of flavors, sizes and price points, appealing to nearly every consumer and occasion. The company's portfolio of brands includes Jack Link's®, Lorissa's Kitchen®, Wild River®, Golden Island®, Country Fresh Meats®, BiFi®, and Peperami®. Visit to learn more. Media Contact: Emily Buchanan M: 201-456-5048 E: 396366@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Jack Link's
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
NASCAR Friday schedule at North Wilkesboro Speedway
NASCAR All-Star Race festivities will get under way Friday at North Wilkesboro Speedway with practice and qualifying on the 0.625-mile oval. The opening session will include the 20 cars locked into Sunday's main event and the 18 cars trying to transfer from the All-Star Open. The qualifying session for the Open will begin at 6:10 p.m., immediately followed by All-Star Race qualifying. Advertisement The All-Star Race pole-sitter will start first in Saturday's first heat race and the main event Sunday. The Pit Crew Challenge will be contested with a four-tire pit stop during qualifying that also will determine pit selection for the All-Star Race. The Friday program will conclude with a 100-lap CARS Tour race. AUTO: APR 26 NASCAR Cup Series Jack Link's 500 Kyle Larson to skip heat race at North Wilkesboro for Indy 500 qualifying Justin Allgaier will practice and qualify Kyle Larson's car ahead of Larson driving it in Sunday's All-Star Race. All-Star Race schedule at North Wilkesboro (All Times Eastern) Friday, May 16 Garage open 10:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. — Cup 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. — Truck Series Track activity Advertisement 5:05 - 5:50 p.m. — Cup practice (FS2, MRN) 6:05 - 6:45p.m. — Cup Open qualifying (FS1, MRN) 7 - 8 p.m. — Cup All-Star Race qualifying/Pit Crew Challenge (FS1, MRN) 8:15 p.m. — CARS Tour race (100 laps, FS1, Flo Racing)Weather Friday: Cloudy with a stray shower or thunderstorm possible. A high of 86 degrees and winds from the west-southwest at 5 to 10 mph.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Rhoden sees more signs of successful South Dakota business in Alpena
May 14—ALPENA, S.D. — Gov. Larry Rhoden has seen plenty of examples of successful businesses during his Open for Opportunity Tour. Since he launched the tour in March, he has visited communities and businesses around the state, hearing from owners, managers and employees about what makes South Dakota a place to work and live. He got another sample of that Wednesday afternoon when he visited the Jack Link's facility in Alpena, where hundreds of workers make their living producing meat snacks found in grocery and convenience stores around the country. "I've said it, I don't know how many times? Dozens of times on this tour, I am amazed every day at what's going on in South Dakota," Rhoden told members of the media following a tour of the plant on the north edge of Alpena. "I really had a first-hand look, and today was no exception with Jack Link's." The Jack Link's plant has been a staple of the Alpena and Jerauld County communities for decades, dating back to 1994 and undergoing expansion as needed up until current day. The plant has around 850 employees on site and operates 24 days, seven days a week. Its product is familiar to anyone who has been hungry and in need of a quick snack. The plant produces several Jack Link's brand snacks, including several flavors of beef jerky and snack bites. Bags of those morsels can be found in convenience and grocery stores from coast to coast. It takes a lot of work to produce and bag those snacks, and Jack Link's works to make sure it has the workforce to complete those tasks. Rick Tebay, plant manager for the Alpena location, said the company has taken steps over the years to make working at the 160,000-square-foot facility as accommodating and appealing as possible. That includes welcoming children of the staff on-site when a parent comes on or leaves a shift. In some cases both parents work at the facility, and allowing children to accompany a parent coming onto a shift so they can go home with a parent just coming off a shift is important when daycare options are limited everywhere. That is the kind of support the company offers its employees to operate the largest beef jerky plant in the world. "We see that it's tough for daycare in our area," Tebay said. "So what we do is we allow the team members to bring their children into the break room. They can feed them in our cafeteria. And then they avoid having to pay daycare." Rhoden was at the plant as part of a day that saw him spend time in Huron at Potter's Shoes and Trussbilt, as well as the world's largest pheasant, before making his way south to Alpena. It was another chance to take in both larger and smaller communities in the state. He appreciates the chance to interact with business owners, managers and employees within the state. The visits allow him to connect directly with the public, and he uses the stops on the Open for Opportunity as a personal notebook to take back thoughts and ideas on how to maintain or improve the strong state business climate to Pierre. South Dakota has traditionally been a state that is touted as business friendly, with no state income tax and less-strict regulations in some sectors that encourage business growth. "It comes in a lot of different forms, just input or questions or comments about what they need for regulations that are unnecessary. It's been a perfect storm for me," Rhoden told the Mitchell Republic after he took an extended tour of the plant. Jack Link's officials denied members of the press covering the governor's visit to accompany him and his party on the tour. Rhoden noted he had been told by an employee on the tour that the StartTodaySD Apprenticeship Program, a component of the U.S. Department of Labor's Registered Apprenticeship Program that launched in 2018, had been helpful in the story of the plant. The governor cited that as another reason South Dakota is an inviting place for business. Even with a workforce shortage, officials at the state level are still working to help fill the gaps where they're found. That was a pleasing comment to hear, he said. "Even today, just 20 minutes ago, as we were on the floor having a conversation with the manager here, and he was telling me about how invaluable our apprenticeship program that we created probably six years ago has been, and it really made me smile," Rhoden said. "I got to witness the end product of seeds that we planted six years ago. To get that kind of feedback and then working to help in different areas, whether it's over-regulation or regulations that are unnecessarily cumbersome and being able to address them at the state level, or solicit help at the federal level, has been extremely valuable to me. Rhoden spent about an hour at the Jack Link's plant before heading off to his next stop, this one at Trussbilt in Huron. It was a fast-moving visit that he said reaffirmed his confidence in South Dakota to not only manufacture quality products, but to do it in a way that makes employers want to locate there. He had already seen that in his two months of Open for Opportunity Tour visits, and he expected that would again be the case on his next stop, wherever that may be. "Then here we are. It's been a pretty incredible experience, just getting around the state in big towns and small towns, and even in the rural communities," Rhoden said. "(Alpena being a) town of 260 people with a factory that employs 1,000 people is pretty incredible. I think only in South Dakota."
Bloomberg
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Bloomberg
MrBeast Partners With Jack Link's for Line of Jerky, Beef Sticks
MrBeast, the YouTube star with more than 390 million followers, is partnering with Link Snacks Inc. to create a line of jerky and meat sticks and extend the entertainer's foray into food products. The Beast Packs will be co-branded with the Jack Link's and MrBeast names, the companies said Tuesday in a statement. Closely held Link Snacks, based in Minong, Wisconsin, sells a variety of dried meat products including jerky and beef sticks, along with drink mixes and gear.
Newsweek
08-05-2025
- Automotive
- Newsweek
Ross Chastain Raises Trackhouse Racing Concern: "Just Not Acceptable"
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Trackhouse Racing driver Ross Chastain has raised significant concerns about the qualifying speed of the No. 1 Chevrolet ZL1. Chastain had a difficult time at Texas Motor Speedway last weekend. Although he finished the race in second, he struggled with an overall lack of pace throughout the weekend. He explained to the media after the race that he had "no confidence in the car" on Saturday. "That's a working-class day. Just no confidence in the car (Saturday), and you all saw that. Just the speed of the Trackhouse cars on Saturdays is just terrible. And we're just not confident — all three drivers." During an appearance on the SiriusXM NASCAR Radio earlier today, ahead of the race weekend in Kansas, the 32-year-old stated: Ross Chastain, driver of the #1 Jockey Chevrolet, waves to fans as he walks onstage during driver intros prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Jack Link's 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on April 27, 2025 in... Ross Chastain, driver of the #1 Jockey Chevrolet, waves to fans as he walks onstage during driver intros prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Jack Link's 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on April 27, 2025 in Talladega, Alabama. More"Just because we were good last week doesn't mean we'll continue to be good. "I told them, I'm ready to get off these lists because I'm tired of having to pass so many cars. I just want to show up, like every race car driver, have the car closer. We've just been off. 🔊 "We need to see some light in the tunnel that's pretty dark on Saturday right now." On the heels of a runner-up finish, @RossChastain says focus at @TeamTrackhouse right now is on qualifying to help set themselves up for better days on Sunday. More → — SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Ch. 90) (@SiriusXMNASCAR) May 8, 2025 "I mean, it's no secret. We're not sugarcoating it to ourselves or anybody. And that's not always been my M.O. to talk about it, but I've always been a glass half-full guy, but just consistently qualifying in the 30s in all three Trackhouse cars, not – well, Daniel's been leading the charge in the mid-20s. "That's just not, it's not acceptable for what we have, the resources we have. We will, and we're working, and I believe we will get that turned around. And we're still going to have off days on Saturday, but consistently we need to see some light in the tunnel that's pretty dark on Saturday right now." He added: "We're so driven to change our Saturdays, we want to continue executing on Sunday, because ultimately the finish is everything. "I know stage points mean a lot and there's people thriving on that right now, but really, you gotta finish good. So, it's a great spot to be in. "It's not lost on me that not that long ago, I would have been really happy with these performances, but we've elevated ourselves at Trackhouse and with Chevrolet to a spot that we're not okay with struggling at any part of these weekends. "Especially when it's continual and it's repeated, I'll say, failures on Saturday, that we're just, we're not gonna stand for that."
