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V&M Locker, Leota, recently received several awards during the Annual Minnesota Association of Meat Processors Convention March 17-18
The local meat locker received first place of 14 entries for the “Kid’s Choice Hot Dog Award,” chosen by children who attend the convention with their parents.
V&M products also fared well in a product show where meat processors from across the state can enter their products in 26 different categories and are judged by experts in the meat industry.
The Leota locker placed second out of 12 in the Ground and Formed Jerky categories.
V&M was second out of 19 in the Specialty Small Diameter Sausage with its Jalapeno Cheddar Hotdogs.
It took third place out of 21 entries in the Bacon category.
Chad and Julie Ruiter, owners of V&M Locker, Leota, and Bethany Olsem, V&M’s sausage kitchen and retail meat manager, accepted the awards during the association’s 81st annual event at the River’s Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud.