DOTHAN – Jim Whaley opened his first tire store in 1986 on the Montgomery Highway in Dothan when he was still in his 20s. That first store had five employees. Thirty-three years later, he operates seven stores in five cities…
VESTAVIA HILLS – Jamie Pursell, proprietor of Leaf & Petal garden centers in Vestavia Hills, Mountain Brook and Birmingham, is the 2019 Gold Alabama Retailer of the Year in the Annual Sales $5 Million to $20 Million category. Pursell was…
VESTAVIA HILLS – David Dawoud, owner of a nine-store Domino’s Pizza franchise, has an impressive claim on the American dream. An immigrant from Jordan who has been a U.S. citizen since 1990, Dawoud began his career with Domino’s as a…
OPELIKA – Jimmy Wright began working in the Opelika grocery store he now owns when he was 12 years old. Wright’s Market in Opelika began 46 years ago as a 2,100-square-foot convenience store. The now 22,000-square-foot independent grocery is the…
FAIRHOPE – Fairhope Brewing Company opened its doors in 2013 with only two beers on tap and a limited draft distribution in Mobile and Baldwin counties but has grown exponentially over the last six years. Today, the company’s managing partners,…
BIRMINGHAM – Whether it is a cut of meat, a sandwich, a gourmet casserole or a bottle of wine, if it comes from the two locations of New York Butcher Shoppe in Birmingham, you can count on it being extraordinary….
MOUNTAIN BROOK – Dr. Jenny Sobera, Village Dermatology owner and president, has been named Alabama’s 2019 Bronze Retailer of the Year Award in the Annual Sales $1 Million to $5 Million category. Sobera was honored today during the Alabama Retail…
SELMA – In 2011, Jacqueline T. Smith, owner of The Coffee Shoppe, was commuting to work in Montgomery from her home in Selma when she decided to quit her job and create a gathering place in her rural community. “My…
MOUNTAIN BROOK – In 1999, when Wesley Lassen heard that the owner of The Cook Store was going to close the kitchen specialty shop had been open since 1975, Lassen asked if she could purchase the business on Cahaba Road…
PRATTVILLE – In 2007, Kasey Hope, owner of P’zazz Art Studio in Prattville, was expecting her first child and looking for a way to earn extra income when she decided to open a side business focused on art. “We started…