All posts tagged "food processing"
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26.0K2Business and LaborWhen Mussolini Stiffed Gloucester, Mass., for $1 Million
In 1923, the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini refused to pay a Gloucester seafood company for a shipment of salt cod. Mussolini’s action...
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17.3K5Business and LaborWhen Sardines Were Bigger Than Lobsters, Maine Women Had Good Jobs
In the Downeast town of Stonington, Maine, the women used to listen for the factory whistle, which blew when a boat came...
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12.8K2Business and LaborThe Colonial Slade Mill Starts a Spice Empire in Revere, Mass.
When David and Levi Slade went into business with their father at his Slade mill in 1837, they had an idea. In...
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