Alien Fresh Jerky

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| name = Alien Fresh Jerky

| logo = Alien Fresh Jerky logo.png

| image = Alien Fresh Jerky Exterior June 2022.jpg

| image_caption = The main store in 2022

| type = Private

| industry = Foodservice, tourism

| founded = 2000

| founder = Luis Ramallo

| hq_location = Baker, California

| area_served = Southwestern United States

| key_people =

| owner =

| website = {{URL|https://www.alienfreshjerky.com/}}

}}

Alien Fresh Jerky is a jerky-retailing company based in Baker, California. It was founded in 2000 and places its products in many stores throughout the Southwestern United States.

Its main store is located at 72302 Baker Blvd in Baker. It is a common stop for hundreds of thousands of people driving from Southern California to Las Vegas.{{Cite web |title=Official website |url=https://www.alienfreshjerky.com/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |language=en |archive-date=July 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706173420/https://www.alienfreshjerky.com/ |url-status=live }} The store covers {{cvt|4800|sqft|sqm}}. When it was first bought in 2002, it was only {{cvt|800|sqft|sqm}}.{{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Joe |date=2014-04-08 |title=Baker businessman expands vision with UFO Hotel |url=https://www.sbsun.com/oddities/20140408/baker-businessman-expands-vision-with-ufo-hotel/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=The San Bernardino Sun |language=en-US |archive-date=September 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912225938/http://www.sbsun.com/oddities/20140408/baker-businessman-expands-vision-with-ufo-hotel |url-status=live }}

History

Luis Ramallo moved, with his family, to the United States from Argentina in 1988. In 2000, Ramallo created the company, with the help of his eldest son, Martin, and wife Susana. Its first stand was in Crystal Springs, Nevada at the intersection of US 93 and SR 318. He made $800 on his first day and continued to operate the stand for four months until the police asked to see his work permits. He got the "alien" theme from his "registered alien" designation as an immigrant.{{Cite web |last=Wagner |first=Jan |last2=More |date=2018-11-19 |title=AutoMatters & More: Alien Fresh Jerky and the U.F.O. Hotel – an American Success Story |url=https://www.delmartimes.net/our-columns/sd-cm-nc-auto-matters-20181122-htmlstory.html |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=Del Mar Times |language=en-US |archive-date=February 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201052205/https://www.delmartimes.net/our-columns/sd-cm-nc-auto-matters-20181122-htmlstory.html |url-status=live }} Ramallo had an electrical business in Las Vegas before Alien Fresh Jerky but closed it in 2004 to pursue the company.{{Cite web |last=Rojas |first=Rick |date=2014-03-01 |title=In a withered desert town, he envisions an otherworldly hotel |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-baker-ufo-20140301-story.html |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=February 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201052203/https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-baker-ufo-20140301-story.html |url-status=live }}

References

External links

[https://www.alienfreshjerky.com/ Official website]

Category:2000 establishments in California