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BUILDING A FAN BASE: Savannah Campbell sets up the Caribe & Co. LLC booth at the SoWa Winter Festival in Boston the weekend before Christmas. 
COURTESY CARIBE & CO.

Everybody’s Business: From coffee to cocktails, Caribe syrup is in the...

(Editor’s note: This is the 53rd installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
FLAVORS 
IN DEMAND: Newport Chowder Co. LLC owner Katie Potter offers some of her infamous seafood chowder from one of her two food trucks. 
PBN PHOTO/­DAVID HANSEN

Potter educating customers on her seafood chowders ‘one cup at a...

Katie Potter is the keeper of a closely guarded family secret. It comes in small, artfully designed packets and she’s not giving it up. “My...
FUNDMAKER: Jessica David has helped lead the creation of Local Return, the state’s first Diversified Community Investment Fund. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

A new R.I. investment fund that pays dividends for investors, community

Looking around the Broad Street neighborhood of Central Falls, Jessica David sees more than just a diverse mix of small businesses. There is public...

Entrepreneurial desert in R.I.? Study suggests it, but leaders say no

A recent study indicates that the rate of businesses being created in Rhode Island is lagging behind most of the country, but those involved...

Nexamp, TurningPoint Energy cut ribbon on new solar farm in Warren

WARREN – A former golf course is now home to more than 17,000 solar panels set to provide power to Ocean State schools, nonprofits...
BLOSSOMING BUSINESS: Bacary Diatta has found a market for his hibiscus-flavored beverages and jams in the Caribbean. 
PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s Business: Hibiscus from homeland a key ingredient to success

(Editor’s note: This is the 48th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
Bruce Newbury

Inaugural Taste of Juneteenth celebrates cultural foodways

There has been a tradition in Rhode Island for many years that is always reliable for a good time, with first-class food and a...
ADDING FLAVOR: Mariana R. Silva-Buck and her daughter, Sofia, launched Little Maven Lemonade in 2020, a spinoff from Sofia’s lemonade stand.
PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

From lemonade stand to fruitful company

2024 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Mariana R. Silva-Buck Little Maven Lemonade co-owner WHEN LIFE HANDS you lemons, don’t just make lemonade. Consider Mariana R. Silva-Buck’s...
Bruce Newbury

R.I.’s premier food trade show offers a taste of tomorrow

A who’s who of chefs, restaurateurs, grocers, wholesalers and distributors from all over the country were in Providence on April 23 to have a...
TAKING STOCK: Minnie Luong, co-founder and co-owner of Chi Foods LLC, at the company’s facility in Pawtucket. She says she didn’t seek a bank loan when starting her kimchi business because she knew small businesses are viewed as risky by lenders, especially minority- and women-owned businesses. 
PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

In fermented veggies, a family heritage preserved

(Editor’s note: This is the 40th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
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