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Resilience Stories: After Her Father Was Deported, She Bought and Expanded His New Jersey Restaurant

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If there’s one thing no one can take from you, it is your education and experience. She left her job, withdrew every cent of her 401(k), and bought her father’s Peruvian restaurant, El Gordo. Look how popular Mexican food, Asian food, Italian food restaurants are. My goal is to build a national chain,” Morales says.

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Slim & Husky’s Uses Their Artisan Pizza as a Means for Social Change and Community Empowerment

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Reed, they never knew it would one day inspire the business model for their fast-casual restaurant empire. Everyone at some point thinks about owning some sort of restaurant or hospitality venture. It was cool to have art in the restaurant, but we wanted a place where we could house different events that support the arts,” Gray says.

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How Churchill Northern Studies Centre Is Bringing Food Sovereignty to the Arctic North

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These cater to the project’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) subscribers, local restaurants and grocery stores, ensuring a steady source of locally grown organic produce. We can subsidize that by providing educational programs to the general public,” McCart says. Community members can receive plants at no charge….

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Women in Wine: 4 Sommeliers Shaping the Future of Mexico’s Wine Industry

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“During one class session, I noticed several classmates were absent because they were applying at Le Cirque Restaurant, and the restaurant’s quality and fame at the time caught my attention, so I also went to apply,” she says. Today, her consulting firm SFG advises hotels, restaurants, wine and spirits collectors. “In

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62% of Large U.S. Companies Embrace Hybrid Work, but In-Office Mandates Persist

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However, businesses in the Restaurants & Food Services sector are more likely to require full-time in-office attendance. For example, the technology sector is leading in work location flexibility, with 96% of companies offering such options. The Insurance and Telecommunications industries also rank high in flexibility.

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How Florida Pure Sea Salt Went from Hobby to Full-Time Business

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When Cacioppo moved to Florida 13 years ago, she combined two of her passions by working in nonprofit outdoor education and navigating the state’s natural waterways and coastlines. Creating strategic partnerships “I also went to one of the best restaurants in Tampa. The Greenhouse was big, for sure,” Cacioppo says.

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These Asian American Entrepreneurs Celebrate Their Chinese Heritage While Feeding America’s Appetite for Chinese Street Food

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Jen Liao and Caleb Wang are second-generation Chinese Americans, and the husband and wife team first opened Xiao Chi Jie (XCJ) as a single restaurant serving Chinese street food in Seattle’s Bellevue neighborhood in 2018. The name Xiao Chi Jie translates to “street food avenue” in English. Many versions found in the U.S.