MINNEAPOLIS — Mighty Spark – an independent company that donates a meal with each purchase consumers make of their all-natural premium poultry – is expanding its assortment and presence at retailers nationwide with the launch of patties and ground blends at select Walmart stores, and chicken snack sticks at 2,500 CVS locations.

“In addition to launching at Walmart and CVS stores, Mighty Spark’s rapid expansion includes recent launches at Giant Landover, United Supermarkets, Save Mart, Lucky, Rouses and more, expanding our nationwide presence to thousands of additional stores to bring more consumers healthy, delicious protein,” said Nick Beste, chief executive officer and founder, Mighty Spark. “With our expanded distribution comes bigger impact through our meal donations, so we’re excited to have so many retailers and consumers rally behind our give back cause.”

As more millennial consumers seek better-for-me protein, Mighty Spark is providing a premium and affordable solution for Walmart shoppers.

With the average American household spending just 37 minutes for meal preparation, Mighty Spark’s premium poultry adds further time-saving value because it’s pre-seasoned with whole food ingredients. Consumers can save time and money with a purchase of Mighty Spark because the company has done the work of adding Jalapeños, bacon, sundried tomatoes, peppers and more to their various patties and ground blends.

Items that launched at select Walmart stores include:

• Mighty Spark Queso Fresco & Jalapeño Turkey Patties; the company’s best-selling item
• Mighty Spark Bacon-Bursting Turkey Patties
• Mighty Spark Sweet Thai Ground Chicken
• Mighty Spark Bruschetta Ground Chicken
• Mighty Spark Southwest-Style Ground Chicken, Walmart exclusive
• Mighty Spark Original Ground Chicken; Walmart exclusive

CVS recently launched Mighty Spark’s low-calorie chicken snack sticks in 2,500 stores in their healthy eating “Trend Zone” to appeal to a growing number of consumers seeking healthier snacks, as well as products that give back.

Perfect for those on keto or paleo diets, or anyone looking for zero to little sugar for an on-the-go snack, Mighty Spark’s chicken snack sticks range from 45 to 60 calories with 5 to 6 grams of protein per one-ounce stick.

The flavors available at CVS include:

• Mighty Spark Honey Jalapeño Chicken Snack Stick, 60 calories, 6g protein
• Mighty Spark BBQ Sweet Potato Chicken Snack Stick, 60 calories, 5g protein
• Mighty Spark Original Chicken Snack Stick, 50 calories, 5g of protein

With expanded distribution at retailers comes a bigger impact on those in need through the company’s meal donations. For every purchase of Mighty Spark, the company donates a meal to someone in need because they believe in using the business as a force for good.

In just the last four months, the company has donated more than 1 million meals, bringing their total meal donation total to 4.5 million, which is the equivalent of one meal donated every 13 seconds.