Alabama Retail Comp will return $7.5 million in 2024 to participants as part of its annual retrospective return. “We are pleased to make a significant return to participants,” said Rick Brown, fund administrator and Alabama Retail Association president. “Every dollar…
BISHOP-PARKER FURNITURE CO. REACHES CENTENNIAL MILESTONE IN 2023 “Our founders built this business with the intention for it to last a long time,” said John Parker, current president of Bishop-Parker Furniture Co., a century-old business with two stores in Montgomery….
CHILDREN OF SAW’S BBQ FOUNDER INHERITED THE BUSINESS UPON THEIR FATHER’S DEATH AND HOPE TO CARRY THE BUSINESS FORWARD FOR MANY YEARS TO COME “Mike Wilson, you created a hell of a barbecue joint,” Jennifer Wilson said when accepting a…
Ashley McMakin enjoys cooking for friends and family. Always has. At first, though, “I had no plans of (cooking) becoming a career,” she said. With a degree in marketing and her husband with one in accounting, each was busy in…
FOR 71 YEARS, THE PACEY FAMILY HAS BEEN MAKING CANDY AND CANNING SOUTHERN DELICACIES ON ALABAMA’S EASTERN SHORE In the late summer or early fall, you might find Paul Pacey at one of the end of a table mixing; his…
Kendra is the workaholic while Chad is the “volunteeraholic.” Chad thrives in the front of the house while Kendra happily toils in the back of the house. Kendra directs quality control and onsite production while Chad handles sales and customer…
LAUREL BASSETT STARTED WORKING AT THE MOUNTAIN BROOK STORE IN HIGH SCHOOL; BECAME A PARTNER IN 10 YEARS; OWNER IN 12 YEARS “For a business that was started by a woman in a house during World War II to still…
A Runyan has been operating Planters Hardware & Building Inc. on the square in downtown Ashland since 1916, give or take a year. “The Runyans have owned it since the early teens” of the 1900s, said Walt Runyan, the third-generation…
DESIGNER & CLIENT BECAME FRIENDS, THEN BUSINESS PARTNERS TO HELP CUSTOMERS CREATE COMFORTABLE & FUNCTIONAL SPACES In the late 1990s, Bill Barganier was working as a junior associate for a Montgomery interior design firm when he met a client, Robin…
On his way to work at the funeral home, Howard G. Johnson often stops at Sneaky Pete’s on 18th Street North in Bessemer to get his usual: “Two eggs, bacon, grits, toast and orange juice.” He’s one of the many…