Record #:

3240

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Andy Cohen is president of Beacon Sweets, the state's largest candymaker. Lacking space to expand, Cohen relocated the company from Newark to Morrisville. To be competitive, he reduced the staff from 180 to 130 and cut products fifteen percent in 1986.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 17 Issue 4, Apr 1997, p64, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Beacon Sweets (Morrisville); Candy industry--Morrisville; Cohen, Andrew J.

Record #:

3241

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Richard Van Wingerden is president of Van Wingerden Greenhouse Company, the largest greenhouse maker in the state and fifth in the nation. The company relocated from Illinois to Horse Shoe, near Asheville, in 1974.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 17 Issue 4, Apr 1997, p66-67, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Greenhouses--Horse Shoe; Van Wingerden Greenhouse Co. (Horse Shoe); Van Wingerden, Richard, 1893-1969

Record #:

3242

Author(s):

Speizer, Irwin

Abstract:

For people needing a loan and lacking credit, pawn shops are a last resort. Three hundred pawn shops do business in the state, with Mecklenburg County having fifty-two.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 17 Issue 4, Apr 1997, p44-48, 50-51, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Pawnbrokers; Pawnbroking