Following a year of significant growth, the healthy snacking company now holds an 85% market share in the U.S.
PLANO, Texas, Feb. 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stryve Foods, LLC (“Stryve” or “the Company”), an emerging healthy snacking platform disrupting traditional snacking categories and the leading air dried meat snack company in the U.S., has integrated the #2 biltong brand in the U.S., Kalahari Snacks, which it purchased in mid-December 2020.
Inclusive of the Kalahari Snacks acquisition and following a year of significant growth for Stryve, the Company is now the largest supplier of air-dried meat in the United States with 85% market share according to SPINS for the 52-week period ending January 24, 2021.
This news follows the late January announcement that Stryve and Andina Acquisition Corp. III, (NASDAQ: “ANDA”) (“Andina”), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, reached a definitive agreement for a business combination that would result in Stryve becoming a public company. Upon closing of the transaction, which is expected in the second quarter of 2021, the combined company will be renamed Stryve Foods, Inc. and would remain listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker SNAX. More detailed information regarding the proposed transaction may be obtained by listening to the webcast and viewing the investor presentation at www.stryve.com under “Investors” or at www.andinaacquisition.com under “Investor Relations”.
“We’re thrilled to have the Kalahari team join the Stryve family of brands,” said Alex Hawkins, COO of Stryve Foods. “As we’ve built our air-dried meat vertical, the opportunity to acquire one of the fastest growing brands in the biltong space was too important to pass up. We’ve each disrupted the meat-snack category on our own and now together, the sky’s the limit.”
Kalahari is now benefiting from Stryve Foods’ existing infrastructure, bringing direct access to research and development, a simplified supply chain, faster speed to market and synergies in functions across the companies. Stryve Foods’ revenue grew almost 50% last year to firmly establish the company as the leading air-dried meat snack company, and the acquisition and investment will bolster that growth in 2021.
“We are thrilled to join forces with Stryve, especially at such a high-growth time for the Company,” said
Tyler Noyes and Brett Johnston, Co-Founders of Kalahari Snacks. "From day one, we have shared a dream and a vision of bringing traditional South African biltong to the American market. We look forward to working with Stryve to make biltong a household staple snack in America.”
About Stryve Foods LLC
Stryve Foods is an emerging healthy snacking platform with a mission to help Americans snack better and live happier, better lives. The Company is focused on manufacturing and marketing highly differentiated healthy snacks that disrupt traditional snacking categories.
Stryve is currently building a tribe of early adopters consisting of healthy snack seekers, many of whom are new to the meat snack category. Stryve Beef Biltong is a delicious, good-for-you snack made from 100% American beef – high in protein with zero sugar and made from nothing artificial. Founded by fitness and nutrition enthusiasts, Stryve Biltong is on a mission to help America snack better. Biltong is a process for air-drying meat that originated centuries ago in South Africa and actually boasts more protein in every bite than traditional jerky. It is made simply – with beef, vinegar and spices – and served in slices, sticks or slabs. Stryve Beef Biltong comes in a variety of delicious flavors, including Original, Cajun, Hickory, Mesquite BBQ, Teriyaki, Zesty Garlic, Hatch Green Chile, and Spicy Peri. Stryve is available on https://stryve.com/, Amazon and over 17,000 retail stores across the U.S. and Canada.
For more information about Stryve, visit www.stryve.com or follow on social at @StryveBiltong.
About Kalahari Snacks
After racing 175 miles in an Ironman and Ultramarathon in South Africa within a week, Tyler Noyes and Brett Johnston were inspired to bring South African biltong to the United States. Kalahari Snacks produces authentic biltong in a centuries-old South African tradition of naturally air-dried meat with simple ingredients and no sugar, resulting in delicious, thin, tender slices of beef that greatly surpass the texture and nutritional value of beef jerky. To learn more about Kalahari, please visit www.eatbiltong.com.
About Andina Acquisition Corp. III
Andina Acquisition Corp. III (NASDAQ: ANDA, ANDAW, and ANDAU) is a blank check company for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. For information about Andina, please visit http://www.andinaacquisition.com/
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Additional information concerning these and other factors that may impact Andina’s expectations and projections can be found in Andina’s periodic filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, the definitive proxy statement filed by Andina with the SEC on January 4, 2021 wherein Andina sought and obtained stockholder approval to extend the date by which Andina has to consummate its initial business combination to April 30, 2021 (which has since been extended to July 31, 2021 as a result of Andina signing the Business Combination Agreement) (the “Extension Proxy”), and in the preliminary and definitive proxy statements to be filed by Andina with the SEC regarding the transaction when available. Andina’s SEC filings are available publicly on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
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Participants in Solicitation
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