Packaged foods maker ConAgra Foods produces a diverse product set from Healthy Choice packaged meals to Slim Jim beef jerky.

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How many who yearned for the collected works of Byron were instead given unwanted membership in the beef jerky of the month club?

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But this time, instead of darting around the Philippines in April, he stayed home and acquired an affinity for chicken kebabs and beef jerky.

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When Governor George W. Bush announced the campaign last month he stood on a stage overflowing with Texas-grown grapefruit, rice, beef jerky and wine.

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We also bought non-perishable snacks: Nuts, dried fruit, beef jerky.

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Did you know that filling a hollow "bye-bye" bone with treats such as beef jerky or cheese and giving it to your dog before you leave home can prevent so-called separation anxiety?

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From boat companies to lure manufacturers and makers of beef jerky, sponsors heap free goodies on the college fishermen and fisherwomen throughout the year, helping to defray the high cost of angling as well as to keep them hooked on the sport.

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