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GROWTH GUIDANCE: Brothers Sennen Conte, left, and Galen Conte are the co-owners of Gerbs Allergy Friendly Foods in Johnston. Sennen Conte says the R.I. Small Business Development Center and the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce were invaluable as the Contes grew their company. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Very small businesses playing big part in R.I. economy

Economic Activity 11/22/2019

Brothers Galen and Sennen Conte found no shortage of support as they built their Johnston food company from $150,000 in sales in 2006 to...

DEDICATED DUO: Brothers Galen, left, and Sennen Conte display bags of the whole pumpkin seeds that are part of the product line offered by Gerbs Allergy Friendly Foods. The Contes are co-owners of the business. PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Allergy-safe food making a difference

Food & Agriculture 09/20/2019

2019 PBN Innovative Companies: Food, Beverage & Agriculture Gerbs Allergy Friendly Foods WITH A HISTORY of food allergies impacting their family growing up, Sennen Conte and...

FRIENDLY FOODS: Gerbs Allergy Friendly Foods in Johnston was named the Rhode Island and New England Small Business Manufacturer award winner as part of the 2019 Small Business Week, May 5-11, by the U.S. Small Business Administration. From left, Mark S. Hayward, SBA Rhode Island district director; Wendell Davis, SBA regional administrator; and Sennen G. Conte, co-owner and chief financial officer of Gerbs.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Gerbs Allergy Friendly Foods breeds seeds of success

Entrepreneurship 05/03/2019

Gerbs Allergy Friendly Foods has been named the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Rhode Island and New England Small Business Manufacturer award winner as part...

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