Bloomburg Businessweek: Scentsy Inc., which was founded in Meridian in 2004, has grown to a nationwide business with 2010 revenue projected at $380 million, the Idaho Statesman reported Tuesday. The company manufactures a variety of fragrant, wickless candles that are heated in ceramic candle warmers. Inc. Magazine ranks the company No. 19 on its 2010 […]
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The ABC television reality show Shark Tank is back. The first episode of season two will air on Friday, March 25th on ABC. Season Two of “Shark Tank†promises to make TV history with the Sharks offering over $10 million in investment deals to bankroll a creative array of innovative entrepreneurs. The Season Premiere, “Episode
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Kathy Griffiths was ready for a change. Deciding it was time to do what she wants before it is too late, Kathy asked her husband to build her a cattery in their yard, reports Bay of Plenty Times. Called the Top Katz Boarding Cattery, Kathy offers a five star service to all cats that are
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When Sarah Palin criticized President Obama’s State of the Union Address, she mentioned a little coffee shop called Spudnuts. Spudnuts sounded familiar, so I checked into it. Turns out that Spudnut Shops were a franchised chain of stores selling potato flour donuts called Spudnuts. The parent company no longer exists, but independent stores, including the
1812 – Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, California. 1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated. 1848 – California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco, California. 1876 – The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is
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There are two problems that most avocado growers have when going out into the field to pick their product: safety issues and access. Don Rust has created a platform called the ATP (All Terrain Platform), which will hopefully eliminate both problems. According to Bay of Plenty Times, his invention is off to a good start.
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We all know that cereal packaging is designed to attract the eyes of your five year old as you drag him down the breakfast aisle of the supermarket. Of all the aisles in the grocery store, none is more captivating to tiny eyes than the the one with row upon row of garish cereal boxes.
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From the Institute of Justice: Should the city of El Paso, Texas, be allowed to turn itself into a No-Vending Zone in order to protect brick-and-mortar restaurants from competition? That’s the question to be answered by a major federal lawsuit filed January 26, 2011 by the Institute for Justice and four El Paso mobile food
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QSRweb.com: Sailormen Inc., the largest domestic franchisee of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurants, is sponsoring a campaign to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The Appetite for a Cure program runs from Feb. 1 through March 20 at participating restaurants in the franchisee’s seven-state, 143-unit portfolio. Throughout the campaign, Popeyes’ restaurants will sell coupon cards
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Business Wire: Kitchen Brains (formerly SCK Direct, Inc.) has been chosen by Luihn Food Systems, a franchisee of Yum! Brands Inc. to automate and streamline food production in Luihn Foods’ KFC® restaurants. Luihn Food Systems chose to integrate Kitchen Brains’ breakthrough technology: Quality Production Management (QPM) application, a systemic solution that wirelessly networks cooking appliances,
