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Also, Food & Wine magazine lists several Maine lobster rolls among America's best; Lost Kitchen launches a farmers market; and Maine breweries earn Crushie awards for their can designs.
In 2011, McAleer had a great idea: break into the organic foods market with a good-for-you candy bar, a sector of the exploding industry that hadn’t yet been tapped. Not all great ideas for startups succeed, but hers did.
The company's founder told a manufacturing industry group that the nonlethal weapon was inspired by Black Lives Matter protests during the summer of 2020.