Often the best business ideas arise from seeing a need. For Natalia Cardona, owner of Azúcar Jams, opportunity was hiding in an unlikely place: the jam aisle. Other sections of American supermarkets feature ingredients that generations of immigrants brought to the United States. But Cardona, the Guatemalan daughter of a woman who ran a juicery
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When times get tough, the tough get baking—at least that’s the plan for Crust Vegan Bakery owners Meagan Benz and Shannon Roche. When the pandemic hit, their team was in a tough position, working out of a small, 250 square-foot commercial kitchen in Manayunk where it wasn’t possible for all eight of their fulltime employees
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This week is National Farmers Market Week and Grid is doing a round-up of eight of our favorite Philly Farmers Markets to mark the occasion. Even as many of us are realizing the value of local food during the pandemic, the Farmers Market Coalition reports that 57% of farmers market operators surveyed had seen an
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