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Article: Businesses' Appliances Are Prominent in Bradenton, Fla., Area.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- October 6, 2001
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By Gary Taylor, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 6--BRADENTON, Fla.--During economic downturns, one business maxim for success goes like this: People have to eat.
It is a good thing, here on the lip of an expected recession in America, to be engaged in groceries.
In seemingly recession-proof Manatee County, similarly, a pair of new business owners are betting there's a parallel: Restaurants have to cook.
Trudi Spears and Mac Gregory are not gourmet chefs. Rarely do they stand over a stove. But these two former mortgage bankers in Bradenton are the wind and fire behind a suddenly burgeoning ...