“Slim Jim needs to grow up.” The words, spoken by Conagra Brands CEO Sean Connolly at a recent investors meeting at the company’s Merchandise Mart headquarters, marked a declarati… ...

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

Chomps' beef sticks soar when the flavors get bold -- and they might have the best deer stick outside of your buddy's hunting lodge.

Ryssdal: Those who are familiar with meat sticks in the listening audience here will probably recognize Slim Jims. But my, oh, my has this industry grown well beyond a Slim Jim. Williams: Yes.

Slim Jims are one of the few meat products sold outside the refrigerated aisle. Shaped like skinny tubes and packaged in individual, vacuum-sealed wrappers, the “smoked snack sticks” don’t ...

Meat stick brand Slim Jim proposed to the cinnamon roll mall staple Cinnabon last Thursday on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “A thousand times yes,” Cinnabon responded ...

The new Slim Jim turkey sticks are seen at the Conagra office on Nov. 9, 2016, in Chicago. The product, which is lower in calories and saturated fat than original Slim Jim sticks, will be ...

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 ...

I love beef jerky and beef sticks. I am, however, inextricably lashed to a brain that cannot fathom paying $16 per pound on snack food, so I rarely buy jerky and beef sticks. Chomps might change that.