Marilyn’s Bakery & Café focuses on seasonality, a nod to Indiana’s farm culture and home produce growers, Barbara Tracy said.
Dreamy peanut butter success
Since 2014, B.Nutty has grown from a fundraising idea to a global operation that now makes gourmet peanut butter in a 16,000-square-foot production center in Portage.
CBD oil boom just beginning
Colorado-based PHM Brands saw an opportunity in Northwest Indiana to tap into the CBD oil boom by purchasing the former Prinova facility.
Making trays in Portage
Israeli-based MCP finds perfect location to build on manufacturing success of food storage containers Eyal Tenenbaume, CEO of MCP Performance Plastic Ltd. in Portage, beams when a client or new acquaintance recognizes the distinct style and design of the tray and container products his company manufactures. Throughout the company’s 42-year history in Israel, where primary […]
Unexpected innkeepers
Valparaiso Inn Bed and Breakfast offers guests 130-year historical perspective A stroll in Valparaiso’s historic Washington Street District in 2012 led couple James Berman and Lizbeth Bryant down a path they never expected. The Mother’s Day walk was the inspiration for eventually buying a 130-year-old three-story mansion. The eight-bedroom landmark residence built at the turn […]
Expanding to the Midwest
California safe maker sets up new location in Hammond Not only does Kevin Trimble own a trademarked “Second Amendment” residential gun safe in his home, but many of his house guests also end up owning one. “These gun safes are fairly new with our company, but already they’re very popular with our customers,” said Trimble, […]
Ready for Another Century
CPA firm Swartz, Retson and Co. serving the Region since 1919 Gregory Ward unearthed an intriguing mystery about Swartz, Retson and Co., an accounting firm that prides itself on numbers, figures and accuracy. Two years ago, the firm’s youngest partner began researching its history to determine its true age. For decades, the oldest accounting firm […]
A New Motor in Rusty Chassis of Family Business
Tom & Ed’s Body Repair sons take the driver’s seat In 2009, Tom Tylka was ready to call it quits. He had enough of the pressures, the headaches and the endless responsibilities to run his successful but stressful business, Tom & Ed’s Auto Body Repair Services. After operating his firm for more than a quarter […]