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Slim Jim is an American meat snack brand sold globally and manufactured by Conagra Brands. [1] Slim Jim snacks are widely available and popular in the United States, generating $575 million in revenue in 2015. [2] About 1 billion Slim Jim snacks are produced annually in at least 21 varieties. [3]
Slim Jim snacks originated in Philadelphia. [4] Its manufacturer Cherry-Levis Food Company was sold to General Mills in 1967 for about $20 million [4] and renamed Slim Jim, Inc. [5] In 1970, General Mills purchased Jesse Jones Sausage Co. in Garner, North Carolina, and formed GoodMark Foods, Inc. to make Slim Jims there. [5]
The Cherry-Levis Food Company was sold to General Mills in 1967 for $20 million, [3] and Levis left the company about a year thereafter. The Slim Jim product line was sold to Goodmark Foods [4] in 1982 and then to ConAgra in 1998. [2] Sales in 2015 of the product line were $575 million. [5] [3])
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Van Camp's is an American brand of canned bean products currently owned by ConAgra Foods, Inc.Their products typically consist of beans stewed in a flavored sauce. Van Camp's has for some time been the second-best selling brand of baked beans in the United States, competing with Bush's Baked Beans.
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Alonzo Theodore Adams II (March 15, 1925 [1] – November 28, 2020) was an American food scientist who was the inventor and creator of the modern day snack brand Slim Jim.He received his undergrad degree from St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, and his Master's degree from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
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