The Supply Side: How an Arkansas-based barbecue sauce found its way into Walmart

Native Arkansan Bobby Wagner is living his dream. After working in sales for two decades at a Jonesboro tanning bed manufacturer, he was able to pitch his dad’s barbecue sauce to Walmart.

It was a pitch right down the middle.

Wagner grew up in Grubbs, located in Jackson County, southwest of Jonesboro. Barbecue enthusiasm ran in the family…

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