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Article: Magical finger foods: the typical meat-snack consumer is not so typical anymore, and processors are taking notice.(Meat Snacks)
- Article from:
- The National Provisioner
- Article date:
- August 1, 2003
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With magic, timing is practically everything. One moment it's there, the next ... Knowing this, magicians go out of their way to entrance an audience until the magical moment occurs. In the meat-snack segment, there was a magical moment when a new type of customer emerged, but it was magic that didn't need a magician to wave a wand. Just a few sharp-eyed producers ready to jump on an opportunity.
According to the Snack Food Association, 45 percent of all meat-snack sales are registered at convenience stores. That's the good news. The better news is that for 2002, the meat-snack segment showed a healthy 4.5 percent gain in dollar sales over 2001.
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