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Corporate Business Solutions Client Profile: Meet Dave Alwan Of Echo Valley Meats
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Dave likes to share that he’s the third generation in the meat business. His family has been in the food industry since 1947 when his grandfather launched the Alwan and Sons Meat Company, a grocery store and butcher shop in Peoria, IL.
As his father says, being in the food business just made sense—everyone needs to eat. His family also branched out into fast food for a while, opening up one of the first KFC franchises in 1972. By age 11, Dave was learning his knife skills, cutting stew meat and roasts in the butcher shop.
Around age 22, Dave …
How to Thrive in a ‘Down’ Economy
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By Tyler Burgess as featured in Manufacturing Today
Being left behind are the manufacturers that are just going through the motions…
Despite the public perception that the economy is in a downturn, many manufacturing operations are thriving and turning a profit. Their owners are managing “the business of the business” rather than just making widgets. Being left behind are the manufacturers that are just going through the motions, unwilling or unable to make changes to adapt to the current economic conditions and fluctuations.
First Order of Business
So, what exactly is managing the business of the business? It starts with …