Convenience-driven, protein-conscious snackers — mostly women — are swapping chips, bars, and candy for meat sticks as an everyday on-the-go snack. They want clean ingredients, real satiety, and zero prep, not a gym supplement. The category they are building is new: 81% of Chomps buyers last year had never bought a meat snack before.
The meat sticks subcategory hit $4.4 billion in sales and grew 19.5% for the 52 weeks ending August 9, 2026 — nearly 10x the growth rate of the broader snack market, pulling shoppers directly out of the chip and bar aisle.
Chomps grew 61.3% to $715.2 million in the same period and now has 65,000+ retail locations — 81% of that growth came from buyers brand-new to the meat snack aisle, proving this is category expansion, not just share theft.
GLP-1 medication users — a market expected to grow from $62 billion in 2026 to $158 billion by 2035 — actively need small, high-protein, low-carb snacks, and dietitians are recommending meat sticks by name as the go-to option, adding a huge and growing new buyer cohort.
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