Day: February 4, 2022

Madison Lee Interview Cake Artist

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The editors of Dessert Professional Magazine called her one of the Top 10 Cake Artists in North America. She’s appeared on TV shows including Good Morning America, and news outlets like NY1 And the Huffington Post. Her cakes have been featured in the pages of publications and blogs including Sophisticated Weddings, New York edition, Brides, Style me Pretty, and New York Weddings to name just a few. We are talking about Madison Lee Q – Your name is actually perfect for the business you’re in. If you wanted to be…

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Hope Jones Interview This Chick Bakes

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In September 2013 This Chick Bakes was sold to Hope Jones of Cookie Mogul and Hope Faith and Gluttony, by the original owners Jen Houston and Charley Tucker. Hope combined the best of all the bakeries into one of the strongest wholesalers of baked goods with a special focus on gluten-free. Q – Hope, what were you doing before you bought This Chick Bakes? A – I had my own company. I bought This Chick Bakes from the original owners, creators Jen and Charley. I had Hope Faith and Gluttony.…

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Paolo Volpati-Kedra Interview Sauces’n Love

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For the past 15 years Paolo Volpati-Kedra and his company Sauces’n Love have been providing the public with his own brand of 100% fresh and natural homemade sauces. How does he do it? That’s what we wanted to find out. Q – So, I walked into Wegmans the other day and right by the front door were Wegmans own pasta sauces. There are offering a family pack of three bottles of sauce for $3.99. How do you compete with something like that? A – We don’t. That’s a segment of…

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Donna Crumb Interview Ron’s Classic Car Parts and Antiques

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Ron and Donna Crumb have carved out a market for themselves, specializing in Chevy II (two) and Nova parts. It’s a growing business as we discovered. Donna Crumb talked with us about Ron’s Classic Car Parts and Antiques. Q – Donna, the name of your business is Ron’s Classic Car Parts and Antiques. Ron tells me you own the business. That must mean you started the business? A – No. He started it about six years ago on his own as far as new parts go. Up until then he…

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Robert Harris Interview President and CEO of Silver Palate Kitchen

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Silver Palate Kitchen makes a wide variety of products including salad dressings, dessert toppings and pasta sauces. And it is the pasta sauce we are most interested in for this interview. And who better to answer our questions than the president and CEO of Silver Palate Kitchen, Mr. Robert Harris. Q – Mr. Harris, what happened to the original founders of this company, Julie Rosso and Sheila Lukins? A – The two ladies sold out in 1988 and my son Peter who worked for me as a sales manager for…

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Joseph Rienzi Interview Vice President of Rienzi Foods

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Rienzi Foods has been around since 1967. Initially they made and sold mozzarella and flour to pizzerias and bakeries throughout New York City. Over the years they expanded their product line and their sales market. We wanted to focus on the growing business of pasta sauces and took our questions to Joseph Rienzi, Vice President of Rienzi Foods. Q – As you see it, what separates your pasta sauce from all the other pasta sauces? A – Rienzi pasta sauces are actually 100% imported Italian. The product is actually made…

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