The Road Not Taken
It’s a popular narrative that’s nearly a cliché. A high-powered executive chucks it all—international travel and a salary big enough to support a...
Near Miss Leads to Sure Thing Business
“If” is an important two-letter word in John Wydner’s vocabulary. If he hadn’t fallen from his tree stand after an early morning whitetail...
Rural Route Grocers
Independently owned grocery stores may not be as prevalent in Alabama as they were before the proliferation of national and regional chains, ...
A Toast to Progress
Jules Berta gazes over his vineyards, the vines naked of fruit but lined up in deliberate rows like soldiers waiting for the...
Success on a Sesame Seed Bun
Max Cooper, chief executive officer of McDonald’s franchisee organization CLP Corp. in Homewood, has never been one to ignore a good...
The Little Ice Cream Shop that Could
Cammie Wayne knows that the business she bought in 1998 is a real treasure. Founded in 1969, her Old Dutch ice cream...
Concepts in Eats and Enterprise
It’s been almost five years since Chef James Boyce first stood in the 1821 brick building in Huntsville that is now Cotton Row....