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Fresh fruit smoothies were a virtually unknown product in 1983, when Jeff and Jill Summerhays began selling them part-time at events. The company caught the eye of Michael Haith, founding partner of a food, beverage and special-event consulting firm and Maui Wowi’s current CEO. Haith revamped the franchise concept and expanded the product line, which [...]

On Memorial Day Weekend, 1981, Franklin Crail wasn’t on vacation; instead, he was opening the doors to a new business. That weekend, residents of Durango, Colorado, got the world’s first taste of a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory.Today, visitors to any of the company’s more than 200 U.S. locations can watch fudge being made, bite into [...]

Tariq Farid, after spending seven years as a florist, came up with the idea of edible bouquets in 1999. He and his brother Kamran opened their first Edible Arrangements store that year, offering the creation and delivery of fruit bouquets cut to resemble flowers. The company began franchising in 2001, and in 2006 they started [...]