Before May 2019, Jaclyn Robinson had only made beignets for her family. She didn’t make them often, just when the mood struck her. But for years the name Mo’Bay Beignet Co. had floated in and out of her mind. The…
JOE RICHBURG HAS ‘A PASSION FOR HIS EMPLOYEES, CUSTOMERS AND COMMUNITY.’ HE GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT SUPPORT J.R.’S LAWNMOWER SHOP Joe Richburg worked for 19 years at an Opp automobile dealership. In October of 1986, he and his…
Melissa McAleer Cross is president and owner of McAleer’s Office Furniture in Mobile, Pensacola and soon to be in Foley. Her titles also include daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, lawyer, mentor, entrepreneur and businesswoman extraordinaire. Raised in Mobile, Melissa is…
George Wilder began his menswear career when he was a senior in high school in Columbus, Miss. “The truth is that I was in the store so often, that I ‘hung around so much,’ they finally offered me a job,”…
SEVENTH GENERATION SYRUP-MAKERS THE TODD FAMILY HAS BEEN MAKING CANE SYRUP SINCE 1835; STORE/CAFÉ/RV PARK COMBO ADDS TO THE ATTRACTION When driving along U.S. 431 in Headland, you can’t miss Todd Farms, just turn in the parking lot when you…
Concepts Include Panini Pete’s Café, Sunset Pointe, Squid Ink Eclectic Eats & Drinks, Mob Town Proper, Plus Ed’s Seafood Shed Pete Blohme got his start in the restaurant business as a 14-year-old living in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and he hasn’t…
Ken is no socks and no tie. JL is full suit. JL plans, organizes and can measure to perfection. Ken is a self-proclaimed spontaneous, nonconformist. Both are pocket square- or handkerchief-in-the-jacket-pocket kind of guys. Like the merchandise they carry in…
Beth Staula and Sherry Hartley started talking about creating a business that would sell Alabama-made goods after serving together on a women’s executive roundtable in 2006. They each were in the process of selling their businesses and deciding what to…
FOR 81 YEARS, THE MASSEY FAMILY HAS BEEN PROVIDING CLEANING SERVICES TO THE GREATER MONTGOMERY AREA Brothers Jim and John Massey are on a mission to help the River Region “live life cleaner.” It is a mission that began…
Jodie Stanfield has been in the restaurant business for 37 years. He spent the first two decades of his career with casual dining chains TGI Fridays, LongHorn Steakhouse and Applebee’s, mostly in the Birmingham market. He worked his way through…