The Luters, operating under the business name MTA Products DBA Sam and Sam’s, earned one of 55 ‘golden tickets’ Walmart handed out Oct. 7 and continue working with the retailer to get two of their seven items ready for select stores by mid-2027. The couple acquired the breading mix brand and business from the founding family in August of last year. The breading mix originated in a one-time favorite Corning restaurant in the late 1960s owned by Sam and Nona Belle Banks. and daughter-in-law Barbara Banks continued to sell the breading mix under the Nona Belle’s Golden Fry brand.