There was this gas station in town during college I regularly went to, they had a BEEF JERKY OUTLET which was like all these random types of like two pieces for $1 next to the cigarettes only not locked up. So much mystery meat filled my mouth from there.
When I had the Zoloft munchies I would buy turkey Slim Jim knock offs from the dollar store to satiate my oral fixation.
It's hard to imagine being in a dirty mood for some beef jerky while simultaneously being willing to pay beef jerky prices.
Store brands (Walmart, Target, etc.) used to be like 50% of any name brand so like their middle size bag was actually a good price per oz but like five years ago they all raised their prices to like 50 cents below Jack Link's. And most of Jack Link's stuff is like paying to eat garbage.
The dollar store nearby had $1 bags of beef jerky that were still 2/3rds empty, but it was alright and I'd get a bunch but they stopped carrying it. It was called AMERICAN 100% BRAND and the ingredients probably would have said "beef" if they were taken to court which you probably couldn't do as it was probably some fly by night Western Chinese operation. But mmm.
Sams Club used to have Lowry's so I'd get my parents when they go there to buy one of the tubs. The sadness when I took the last one out.

These are like the lone good price per amount combo at a regular grocery store for a salty meat in my mouth fix:

They're like four bucks at Meijer every other week or so.