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At Jamestown Fish in Rhode Island, where Matt Tortora was a chef, customers demanded fresh, premium ingredients. The restaurant typically bought them from distributors. “I could pick up the phone, give them a call, and in some cases, same day, get what I needed,” Tortora says.
When it comes to food, the buzzwords “fresh” and “local” dominate. About three-fourths of Americans, according to Gallup, actively try to consume more local foods.
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What you need to know: Sales of ebikes are eventually expected to comprise half of all bike sales, meaning about 75m units will be sold each year, up from about 30m currently. The United States could see one of the biggest increases: Some 300k ebikes will be sold this year and that number is expected to increase to 2m within the next few years and eventually 7m annually.
There was a time when I nearly succumbed to the siren song of #vanlife. My wife was working as a travel nurse—I tagged along as a writer/entrepreneur—which meant that, for two years, we moved to a new city every three months. I thought about purchasing an RV on numerous occasions. It would’ve made a ton of sense over short-term apartment rentals, but I couldn’t bring myself to put down the cash—or take showers under a bag with a hole poked in it.
This year Away, a suitcase startup, raised $100m in new funding at a staggering $1.4 billion valuation. The company has raised a total of $181m and is rumored to have over $125m in revenue. The stats alone are quite amazing.