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Andy D'Arrigo, The Original Andy Boy
"If you have a weak stomach, go someplace else.” That’s how Andy D’Arrigo sees the industry. At first it may seem blunt and unsympathetic, but as he is a man who has seen his fair share of...
5 Simple Steps to Optimize Your Company's Website
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.”...
Safeway-Albertsons Decentralization >> Who Is Affected?
If there’s one word I keep hearing about the Safeway-Albertson’s merger, it’s got to be “opportunity.” The multi-billion dollar deal between the two retail giants has been fraught with uncertainty...
Allen Lund's Ride to the Top
It all started with $1,000 in his pocket, the dream to make a better life, and six children at the home office answering the phone “Allen Lund Company.” Thirty-nine years later, Allen has grown...
Sinaloa Encanta
Showcasing the diverse cultural landscape of Northwestern Mexico, Sinaloa Encanta brings a blend of culinary abundance, regional music, and cultural heritage to the Sinaloan region of Mexico. This...
Make Dust, Don't Eat It, A Prime Time International Exclusive
“We were looking for a niche, and I think we found it,” Carl Sam Maggio of Prime Time International tells me from his desk in Coachella, California. “When we started the business we looked for an...
JV Smith's Vic Smith: Would You Rather Be Butch Or Sundance?
Vic Smith, President and CEO of JV Smith Companies, isn’t one for robbing trains and running from the law, but his quick wit and cunning have nonetheless landed him smack dab in the middle of a...
Making the Leap with Monterey Mushrooms’ Mike O’Brien
“I have always been a believer in pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone,” Mike O’Brien, the new Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Monterey Mushrooms, tells me. “I don’t know anyone...
Living on the "Edge": Edge Sales and Marketing's Lisa Davis
This isn’t a one size fits all industry. Lisa Davis, Director of Business Development for Edge Sales and Marketing, will be the first one to tell you this. The King City, California native, has...
SunFed: Here Comes the Sun
"Pioneers get shot, settlers get rich. Yet we’re still alive and well,” Danny Mandel, President and CEO of Nogales, Arizona-based SunFed tells me. “It’s about staying on the cutting edge, or even...
