Ventura startup hopes to bring meals to your door
FreshRealm is betting millions of dollars on a revolutionary concept: A backend service for businesses that enables customers to get fresh food sent directly to their homes. Combined with a reusable container that can be filled at a store and shipped via FedEx to the home, the service utilizes existing infrastructure and can scale quickly, its founders say.
Stand and deliver: Lori’s Original Lemonade lands in 300 stores
Ojai-based beverage maker Lori’s Original Lemonade has quickly spread its zest across the West Coast.
A fully baked idea: After TV success, Sweet Arleen’s goes nationwide
Arleen Scavone, three-time champion in the Food Network’s televised “Cupcake Wars,” used a winning formula that she now hopes will help turn her Westlake Village boutique cupcake shop into a national brand.
Counting crops: Linkfresh makes planning software for food firms
A Ventura company is bringing the same kind of sophisticated software that global manufacturers use to run their businesses to the fresh food industry.
Last indie grocer leaves SLO as Whole Foods buys New Frontiers
The sale sets the stage for Whole Foods’ first Central Coast store but also marks the departure of San Luis Obispo’s last independently owned grocery chain.
Cheers to 100 years: Jordano’s kicks off centennial celebration
Jordano’s kicked off a year-long run-up to its 100th birthday celebration at its biannual food show.
