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Article: Furniture Shoppers Can Stock Up on Food at Attleboro, Mass., Store's Cafe.
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- Providence Journal (Providence, RI)
- Article date:
- January 24, 2004
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Byline: Paul Grimaldi
Jan. 24--ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- Furniture stores are all about creature comforts.
The new Cardi's Furniture store opening Sunday on Newport Avenue will have at least one comfort not found in the typical furniture outlet -- food.
Students from Johnson & Wales University will staff a Johansson's Bakery Cafe as part of a project that will help them gain practical business experience while they generate money for charities and scholarships.
The Cardi brothers -- Nick, Ron and Pete -- wanted to include an eatery in the new building for the 170 to 200 staffers who will work there and to provide a respite for shoppers ...