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Bringing The Farmers Market Online With Apps

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At the same time, Tortora noted the technology has been adopted by farmers markets nationally (the company white labels its product as well). The company recently launched its service in Boston, where producers have to be able to drive to the city within two hours. There is not a lot of noise like in Boston and New York.

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What Will Drunk Shoppers Buy On St. Patrick’s Day?

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Finder says Idaho, which leads the nation in weekly alcohol purchases at $54 per person per week, though Alabama, Rhode Island, Arizona and Iowa weren’t far behind. And just where are these plastered purchases happening? Patrick’s Day-related purchases as a whole.

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121 Of The Biggest, Costliest Startup Failures Of All Time

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Indeed, co-founder Alejandro Resnik, the CEO, told the WSJ in 2015 that it was looking to raise a “monster round” of $300 million at a $2 billion valuation to fuel its national expansion. via Beta Boston. In a Boston Globe interview in January, he had indicated that the company’s financial performance was a pressing concern.

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Rhode Island Governor Tapped As Biden’s Commerce Secretary

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President-elect Joe Biden has tapped second-term Rhode Island Gov. Raimondo , the first woman to be governor of Rhode Island, will lead the Commerce Department in setting trade policy and furthering U.S. Raimondo, 49, has degrees from Harvard and Yale Law School and was a Rhodes scholar. opportunities for growth.