John Ritner News Today

Cottage backpacking gear makers face supply chain and logistical challenges but find fulfillment in other aspects of their operations.

MISSOULA, Mont. — While choking down yet another fairly bland, mass-produced, freeze-dried meal around a campfire on a hiking trip, brothers Ben and John Ritner asked themselves a simple question. “What if this were better?” An idea and a plan of action was hatched. John Ritner attended culinary school and worked in a commercial kitchen […]