Front of Woods Smoked Meats off of Business 54 in Bowling Green
Photo from Woods Smoke Meats Facebook page
For Missouri, Schreiber named Woods Hickory Smoked Bacon as the best. But for many Bowling Green and Pike County residents, that name is synonymous with great smoked meats.
Woods Smoked Meats is nothing new for locals. According to its website, G.E. Woods started the business when he opened a grocery store in 1947 with a Meat Department consisting of a wooden cutting block, a small grinder, meat cleaver, hand slicer, and some knives.
73 years later, his son Edward Woods grew the business into an international affair.
HANNIBAL â The United Way of the Mark Twain Area looked back on a year filled with hope, setting up an emergency COVID-19 Response Fund to meet local needs and receiving donations for the 2020-2021 Be a Hero Campaign during a year unlike any other.
Denise Damron, executive director of the United Way of the Mark Twain Area, kicked off the virtual look back at noon Wednesday on YouTube. The video showed how the United Way and partner agencies made a difference throughout the year â made possible through the generosity of individuals, businesses and foundations. Forrest Gossett, 2020-2021 campaign chairman, said donations to fund partner agenciesâ efforts are critical to combat homelessness, child and spousal abuse, hunger and other issues which have become more prevalent during the pandemic.