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Pudding Your Business In Perspective: Local Business with Global Outreach

By Rob Basso on 7/21/2011 9:15 AM

On July 18^th, Newsday published a story about Kozy Shack, a Long Island based rice pudding company. Kozy Shack is celebrating its 44^th year of operation and is still going strong. Business like this that were “born and raised” on Long Island can serve as a great inspiration to other businesses and entrepreneurs – after all, every great business starts with just an idea...

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