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The Store You Only Remember Exists When Something Dies
Consumer · Ecommerce · Hardware

The Store You Only Remember Exists When Something Dies

It sells the least glamorous products in retail - the AA pack, the car battery, the oddball bulb - and turned that boredom into a 730-store franchise that thrives precisely when your stuff breaks.

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Cafe Rio Fresh Modern Mexican
Consumer · Hospitality · Food And Beverage

Cafe Rio Fresh Modern Mexican

The Utah chain that refuses to own a freezer built a burrito empire on slow-braised pork and tortillas pressed while you wait. Here is how a chef's side project became a 160-restaurant test of whether "made from scratch" can scale.

cafe-rio · fast-casualRead →