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Make-it-Yourself Frozen Dinners
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Quad - State Business Journal
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June 1, 2008
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- Heerwagen, Peter
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Marcy Palino is an expert at preparing dream dinners, but they aren't necessarily served with a romantic touch.
At the end of this month, the Shepherdstown resident, along with husband Todd, are opening a Dream Dinner franchise in the Shoppes at Hagerstown on Garland Groh Boulevard. There, each customer will prepare up to 12 uncooked meals with six or so servings each, take them home and freeze them, then cook and eat them when their busy lives permit.
"When I was pregnant, I had been going to a Dream Dinner store in Harrisburg," said Palino. "We had thought about opening an ice cream shop, because my husband's family owned one on Cape Cod.
"After I had my baby, we went to the store in ...
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Dreams do come true
Central Penn Business Journal;
January 21, 2005 ;
Doody, Angela;
687 words
......in the Harrisburg area called Dream Dinners - are catering to busy consumers...Tyco Electronics Corp., opened a Dream Dinners franchise in West Hanover Township...don't want to cook at home. At Dream Dinners, customers register to attend...2.50 per serving. Nationally, Dream ...
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Dream Dinners opens in SLC, another planned
The Enterprise;
September 4, 2006 ;
Taylor, Debbi;
516 words
...A new Dream Dinners franchise has opened in Salt Lake...in 32 states. "We found out about Dream Dinners through a marketing director who...this concept and we found out that Dream Dinners was the pioneer. When we found the philosophy of Dream Dinners we were very excited. ...
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Dream Dinners Serves Up Convenience
The Business Times;
March 1, 2006 ;
Anonymous;
787 words
......satiate those rumblings. It's called Dream Dinners, an innovative concept in meal preparation. Dream Dinners eliminates the drudgery of daily menu...five-yearold all at the same time." Enter Dream Dinners, a quick, easy, fun solution that...
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This service makes cooking a dream
New Haven Register;
April 1, 2006 ;
Cara Baruzzi;
605 words
......Brown and Kelly Kemnitz hope their new Dream Dinners franchise will ease the stress for...What's for dinner?'" Seattle-based Dream Dinners allows people to prepare a month's...because they are short on time. With Dream Dinners, customers visit www.dreamdinners.com...
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Place to make Dream Dinners opens in Augusta, Ga.
Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, GA);
July 19, 2005 ;
564 words
......shopping for you, she signed right up. Dream Dinners, a national chain that opens Friday...choices, customers travel to the Dream Dinners at the Augusta Business Center off...She decided running a franchise of Dream Dinners would give her the opportunity to...skills to more people. ...
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Fast-growing franchisor's entree came from SBA-backed loan.(FROM BEGINNERS...
Fairfield County Business Journal;
April 10, 2006 ;
Broberg, Brad;
787 words
......Allen and Kuna are co-founders of Dream Dinners Inc., a rapidly growing chain of meal-preparati...franchises in 30 states. When will Dream Dinners stop growing? When everyone eats at...vision inspired Allen and Kuna to launch Dream Dinners. Never mind that Dream Dinners ...
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Pennsylvania business' assembly line helps families to make meals.
Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA);
January 11, 2005 ;
787 words
......help Murphy do a dry run of her new Dream Dinners franchise business, which sells the...And it gives busy working mothers -- Dream Dinners customers are overwhelmingly female...him. That's one of the advantages. Dream Dinners offers a 14-meal menu each month from...
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Everett, Wash., Business Creates Oven-Ready Dinners.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
December 4, 2002 ;
672 words
......spawn a profitable business called Dream Dinners -- or that they'd bring in $350,000...worked in catering before starting Dream Dinners with Kuna, develops recipes and rotates...Customers cook the entrees at the Dream Dinners kitchen and take them home in their...
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Fast-growing franchisor's entree came from SBA-backed loan.(about Dream...
Westchester County Business Journal;
April 10, 2006 ;
Broberg, Brad;
787 words
......Allen and Kuna are co-founders of Dream Dinners Inc., a rapidly growing chain of meal-preparati...franchises in 30 states. When will Dream Dinners stop growing? When everyone eats at...vision inspired Allen and Kuna to launch Dream Dinners. Never mind that Dream Dinners ...
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Fast-growing franchisor's entree came from SBA-backed loan.(FROM BEGINNERS...
Mississippi Business Journal;
April 10, 2006 ;
Broberg, Brad;
787 words
......Allen and Kuna are co-founders of Dream Dinners Inc., a rapidly growing chain of meal-preparati...franchises in 30 states. When will Dream Dinners stop growing? When everyone eats at...vision inspired Allen and Kuna to launch Dream Dinners. Never mind that Dream Dinners ...
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New business tries to bring back family meal time
University Wire;
March 17, 2006 ;
Devin Ternus;
543 words
......It sounds too good to be true, but Dream Dinners is offering just that. Once a month...five "solid gold ways to save money." Dream Dinners has also appeared on the pages of Time...Stephanie Allen and Tina Kuna founded Dream Dinners in Seattle 2002. The company quickly...
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Cooking out, eating in; perplexed by what to make for dinner? Stores like...
The Christian Science Monitor;
August 19, 2005 ;
787 words
......feed the family. The company is called Dream Dinners and, like more than a hundred similar...dinner?' dilemma. And I think these Dream Dinners are certainly filling that need, says...2002 by two women in a Seattle suburb, Dream Dinners was the first company to specialize...
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Wake-up call; These dinners are a dream come true for all harried cooks
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;
February 23, 2005 ;
Mary Beth Schweigert;
787 words
......that, too. No, you're not dreaming. Dream Dinners, a new business that's part cooking...isn't hectic? The mother of invention Dream Dinners was born when working mother Stephanie...partner Tina Kuna opened the first Dream Dinners in Everett, Wash. Franchises sprouted...
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Dream Dinners enters Oklahoma City market
THE JOURNAL RECORD;
December 19, 2005 ;
Journal Record Staff;
227 words
...Dream Dinners will enter the Oklahoma City market...ribbon cutting is scheduled Jan. 11. Dream Dinners, based in Snohomish, Wash., has 135...operators of the Oklahoma City store. Dream Dinners is such a unique idea, said Heather...
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Dream Dinners Announces New CEO.
PR Newswire;
February 12, 2008 ;
458 words
...SNOHOMISH, Wash., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Dream Dinners, the leaders and innovators of the...Allen and Tina Kuna, co-founders of Dream Dinners and the originators of the meal-assembly...unique challenges ahead of it, but Dream Dinners is poised well and clearly at a competitive...
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