But first, some news.
00:29 – Coronavirus update, including stunningly high case positivity rates across the region and in the city of Detroit.
02:25 – Facial recognition technology used to identify suspects in Detroit is in the news again, this time as the ACLU is suing on behalf of a wrongly arrested man.
05:12 – Detroit’s casino revenues are rebounding
06:07 – Lithia Motors has closed on the acquisition of the Suburban Collection.
06:58 – Our feature conversation with Karen Dybis on the passing of Salvatore “Sam” Cipriano. Karen is in our opinion Detroit’s foremost potato chip historian and author of “Better Made in Michigan: The Salty Story of Detroit’s Best Chip”
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Our roundup of the latest news from metro Detroit and Michigan businesses as well as announcements from government agencies, including updates about the COVID-19 pandemic. To share a business or nonprofit story, please send us a message.
Sam Cipriano, CEO of Better Made Snack Foods in Detroit, has died
Updated 2:04 PM;
Today 1:53 PM
Better Made Snack Foods CEO and board member Salvatore “Sam” Cipriano, and retail store manager and board member Catherine Gusmano display proclamations from the city of Detroit and state of Michigan celebrating Better Made’s 90 year anniversary.Courtesy of Better Made
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DETROIT, MI – Salvatore “Sam” Cipriano, CEO of Better Made Snack Foods, has died. He was 80.
Cipriano, a second-generation leader of the Detroit-based company, died on Tuesday from heart failure. He served as CEO of Better Made for 10 years during which he took the company to “new levels of success,” according to a news release.