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Galesburg native leads $72M meat snack boom: 200+ new jobs, 1.2M sticks daily

Doug Hankes, Galesburg native and Chief Operating Officer of Western Smokehouse Partners. (WGIL) Galesburg is now the heart of America’s meat snack revolution. Western Smokehouse Partners — the world’s largest producer of better-for-you meat sticks — is investing $72 million in two Galesburg facilities, creating 200–230 new full-time jobs and revitalizing the former Maytag site. In an exclusive WGIL Galesburg’s Morning News interview, COO Doug H…
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WGIL 93.7 FM & 1400 AM broke the news in on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.
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