Jeni Britton turned a spoonful of cayenne-spiked chocolate into a national premium ice cream business. Now Jeni's is testing whether the same craft, curiosity, and neighborhood warmth can survive grocery scale, frozen shipping, and franchising.
How a Saint Paul cooperative quietly stitched 400 independent grocers into a buying bloc big enough to bargain with the giants - without asking any of them to give up their name.
A backyard smokehouse became a $175 million snack business by keeping the fire real and the ingredients legible. Fifty years on, Tillamook Country Smoker is testing how far an Oregon craft story can travel.