While honeymooning in Switzerland last summer, Claire Herminjard and David Evans found themselves bombarded with messages about their respective meat businesses back home. Ms. Herminjard, C.E.O. of Mindful Meats, and Mr. Evans, C.E.O. of Marin Sun Farms, then had a lightbulb moment.
“We realized we had an answer for each other’s challenges,” Mr. Evans said.
When the newlyweds returned from their honeymoon, they began “grilling each other” on what a merger would look like, and…