My Personal Favorite Post For The Day .... Beef Jerky

.... but the Keystone post office story was a close second. But I digress.

Don found this story in the Prairie Business Magazine: 

Demand for beef jerky is rising, and the Jack Link’s plant in Alpena, South Dakota, is answering the call.

Link Snacks Inc., or LSI, which produces Jack Link’s products, has nearly finished a 26,000-square-foot addition to its plant and has invested in the expansion of the Alpena wastewater treatment plant. The upgrades could bring 75 more jobs to the massive jerky plant within five years.

Alpena is in eastern South Dakota, twenty miles southwest of Huron, and according to Google maps appears to have all of five streets and six avenues. Population: < 300. Many of the workers come from neighboring cities and towns.

Beef jerky is a lot like wine. It's easy to find a good wine. What is difficult is finding a nice wine at a great price. Same with beef jerky. My favorite beef jerky is that which I get as a gift. Wow, beef jerky can be expensive. But it certainly is good. Love it.

It would be fun to see if the company has any statistics on how much beef jerky is being sold in western North Dakota.