Posts Tagged ‘food-based businesses’

Community market operation gets easier in Columbus

Entrepreneurs looking to launch community market ventures can celebrate today, as their work just got a little bit easier. Columbus City Councilmember Michelle M. Mills, chair of the public safety and judiciary committee, announced earlier this week that proposed “community market” legislation...

May 18th, 2012 | Governance | Read More

Cookies Cravings owner turns baking hobby into a business

One of the first calls Lindsey Terwanger made after signing the lease for her new Italian Village cookie shop, Cookie Cravings, was to Melissa DeGraw Metz, director of membership at Experience Columbus. When the shop’s doors opened two months later, in December 2011, Lindsey had used relationships...

April 20th, 2012 | Business Profiles | Read More

Sprig set to launch in mid-2012

For Melissa Jenkins and her husband Brent, the vision for their startup started at the dinner table. They are passionate about delicious, nutritional food, realized there’s an abundance of exceptional food artisans and producers in Central Ohio, and wanted to share the fruits of their hard work...

March 5th, 2012 | Business Profiles | Read More

O’Chocolate offers sweets made with organic, fair trade ingredients

About four years ago, Stacy Peters and a friend sold their handmade chocolates at the Village Bakery and Café in Athens, Ohio during the holiday season. Since then, Peters opened her own shop −O’Chocolate− in the same town and business is booming. In fact, there are stores waiting to carry...

February 29th, 2012 | Business Profiles | Read More

Layer owner using skills grandmother taught her to build bakery business

Paula Katz discovered a love for baking at the tender age of six, when her maternal grandmother, Juliet, began letting her help out in the kitchen. Juliet never wrote her recipes down and her granddaughter is the only family member she ever taught to bake. To this day, Katz is trying to get Juliet’s...

February 22nd, 2012 | Business Profiles | Read More

Ballroom at Oakhurst relaunches with help from Two Caterers

Two Caterers Contemporary Cuisine has teamed with Oakhurst Country Club in Grove City to breathe new life into its massive ballroom and reintroduce it to the local event and wedding industry. The Ballroom at Oakhurst dates back to 1959. Over the years, the space, which can seat up to 300 guests, had...

February 7th, 2012 | Announcements | Read More

Weiland’s Gourmet Market in business for more than 50 years

Weiland’s Gourmet Market has evolved considerably during the last half-century. When John Williams and George Weiland opened the market in 1961, it primarily sold meat. A few years later, the business moved to Indianoloa Avenue and Garden Road, where more groceries were added, as well as a deli,...

February 6th, 2012 | Business Profiles | Read More

Goumas Candyland’s sweets have delighted customers since 1911

The Goumas Candyland legacy stretches back more than 100 years. It began in 1911 when Greek immigrant George Stamas opened a candy shop in Newark. Through the years, the shop’s name has changed and two additional locations were added, but the hand-dipped chocolates, truffles, toffee and caramels...

January 30th, 2012 | Business Profiles | Read More