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

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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. To ensure the restaurant’s success, Morales is a hands-on entrepreneur, visiting each of her locations every day, to help the staff and meet with the chefs.

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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. They went on to own many trucks and had 45 employees on their payroll before selling the company for seven figures in 2017, always knowing that venture was the seeding ground for something much bigger.

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Food Delivery Forecast to Grow Rapidly

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But it's nicely covered the Forbes article  Millennials Are Ordering More Food Delivery, But Are They Killing The Kitchen, Too? According to the article, time starved millennials in particular are cooking less because it's so easy to order food from platforms such as Uber Eats, Door Dash and Grub Hub.

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Leading with Kindness: 14 Most Charitable Celebrities

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Not only does the “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” host help give mom-and-pop restaurants a huge boost through his show, but Fieri also gives back in other ways, whether that’s feeding thousands of Californians who lost their homes during wildfires or raising nearly $25 million for restaurant workers during the pandemic.

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

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In the predawn hours of a Saturday morning in January 2017, an arsonist set fire to the Victoria Islamic Center, a mosque in Victoria, Texas. In March 2017, Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s Modern Love column, “ You May Want to Marry My Husband ,” appeared in print and online in The New York Times. Neighborly Love. Jamie Friedlander.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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According to Guidant, the highest number of women-owned small businesses were in retail (18%), followed by “food and restaurant” at 12% and “health, beauty and fitness services” at 10%. This article originally appeared in the Summer 2019 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. of women-owned businesses.

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How Three Post-Secondary Programs Are Setting Autistic Individuals on a Path to Success

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as of 2017. Many crew members found work at grocery stores and restaurants. This article originally appeared in the March/April 2023 issue of SUCCESS magazine. They are on their own. Moore and Selec’s sons would soon face this reality. Once they hit 21, they will continue the trek into adulthood with limited services.