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☆ 4 ways one couple turned their café into a nearly $50 million business
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"It was a small little dream that we had to open one cute, quaint, cozy coffee shop and café," owner Elisa Marshall told CNBC. AdvertisementIt was "a lot of sacrifice," Sormonte told CNBC, and "a lot of sweat and tears and love." Marshall told CNBC that they chose the name with the intent to create "the feeling of warmth and home." They struck a deal in 2020 with a private equity firm for "between $10 million and $20 million," CNBC reported. They also do catering and rent their café spaces for events — which together account for about 20% of Maman's yearly revenue, Marshall told CNBC.

Persons: —, Elisa Marshall, Maman, Marshall, Benjamin Sormonte, Sormonte Organizations: Service, CNBC, Business, Marshall, New York Magazine Locations: York, Canada, Manhattan, New York, Marshall, Spain, Ibiza, Southern France, Toronto, Sormonte

Elisa Marshall and Benjamin Sormonte didn't want to be overly ambitious when launching a business in New York in 2014. Some items feature "a fun twist," Marshall says: The salted chocolate cookie sandwich with white chocolate ganache resembles a fancier, French version of an Oreo. Sormonte and Marshall didn't know how much launching a cafe in New York would cost, and ended up spending $250,000. The praise brought in waves of customers, and Maman brought in roughly $2 million in revenue during its first full year. And it was great," Marshall says, adding: "Next thing you know, we're the hottest cookie in New York."

Persons: Elisa Marshall, Benjamin Sormonte didn't, Marshall, Oprah Winfrey, Sormonte, — Marshall, childhoods, Armand Arnal —, Sormonte's, Marshall didn't, Maman Organizations: CNBC, Michelin Locations: New York, SoHo, Toronto, France, Montreal, Ibiza, Spain, New, Tribeca

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWe spent $250,000 to open a New York bakery—now it brings in $50 million a yearElisa Marshall and Benjamin Sormonte invested all of their life savings, plus more money from family and friends, to open a cafe called Maman in New York in 2014. Last year, Maman's 34 locations brought in nearly $50 million. "It was one of the biggest financial risks we could ever take," says Marshall.

Persons: Elisa Marshall, Benjamin Sormonte, Marshall Locations: New York

Now, many Israelis are getting the date tattooed on their bodies to commemorate the dead and missing, and bear witness to the collective tragedy. University student Gal Nishman got a tattoo on his back in black and blue ink combining a Star of David with the numerals 7/10. On the other, there is blue, the Star of David, Israel, (showing) that we're here to win." She also had a large lotus flower tattooed on her forearm, saying it represented Israeli residents of the south. "It grows with glory and flourishes even in murky water, especially in murky water," she said.

Persons: Roey Benezri, Levy, Gal Nishman, David, haven't, Sheli Eliel, Hadas, Crispian Balmer, Nuha Sharaf Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Hamas, University, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Eilat, Israel, EILAT, Magan Michael

☆ Israelis desperately seek word on missing kin from Hamas attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Though long used to war, Israel was blindsided by the multi-pronged attack by Hamas gunmen in which hundreds were killed. One mother spoke with Reuters after giving her DNA sample and handing over a brush with hair follicles from her son, who was at an outdoor dance party that was stormed by Hamas gunmen. Outside the police center, a man prayed with a rabbi as his fiancee filled in a report for her missing brother. Its location was Khan Younis, a city in Gaza. "I surely identified my wife, my two daughters and my mother-in-law on some kind of a cart, and terrorists of Hamas all around them," he said.

Persons: Yoni Asher, Miro Maman, Nir Oz, Khan Younis, Hugh Lawson Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Ganot Hadar, Israel, Airport City

☆ Jailed Iranian Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi's Daughter: 'I Miss You Dearly'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

DUBAI (Reuters) - "I am exceptionally proud of you, and I miss you dearly," said the daughter of imprisoned Iranian women's rights advocate Narges Mohammadi who won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. I am very, very proud of you, and I miss you dearly. "This Nobel Prize isn't just for my mother. It is for Iran, especially Iranian women" Rahmani said. "Keep fighting for a better future," she said when asked what was her message to Iranian women.

Persons: Narges Mohammadi, Mohammadi, Rahmani, Ali, Parisa Hafezi, Josie Kao Organizations: Reuters, Norwegian Nobel Committee Locations: DUBAI, Iranian, Tehran, Paris, Iran, Norwegian

☆ Niger: Africa's latest coup is a headache for the West and an opportunity for Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Stephanie Busari | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

An important Western allyThe coup in Niger has deprived Western nations, particularly France and the United States, of a key ally in a troubled region. The largest country in West Africa, Niger had been touted as a democratic success story on the continent and Bazoum was seen as a crucial partner in the fight against Islamist jihadists in the region. Carley Petesch/AP/FileThe French military also maintains two permanent bases in the Sahel region, one of which is in Niamey. “The former colonizers are trying to keep the people of African countries in check. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa shake hands on the sideline of the Russia Africa Summit.

Persons: Mohamed Bazoum, Putin, France ”, Emmanuel Macron, “, Bazoum, Joe Biden, Washington “, Stringer, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, jihadists, Carley Petesch, ” Maman Sani, Oluwole Ojewale, …, ” Ojewale, ” Françafrique, Remi Adekoya, ” Adekoya, ” Wagner, Prigozhin, ” Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin, Republic of South Africa Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa, Mikhail Metzel, Ibrahim Traore, ”, ” Traore, Ojewale Organizations: CNN, West, Kremlin, ISIS, Africa Center, Strategic Studies, European Union, World Nuclear Association ., Institute for Security Studies, Central African, CFA, Banque de France, UK’s York University, Russia Africa Summit, ISS Locations: Niger, Niamey, France, Paris, United States, Western, Africa, Russia, Moscow, Russian, Mali, West Africa, Nigerien, al Qaeda, US, Agadez, Sahel, Burkina Faso, West, Central Africa, China, Ukraine, Sudan, Central African Republic, Mozambique, Libya, St . Petersburg, Somalia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Republic of South Africa

☆ An Autobiographical Novel Reclaims a Jewish History in Occupied France
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Julie Orringer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

She asks her mother to tell her all she knows, and her mother, who has by now researched this history extensively, complies. But the few clues available lead only to further questions, and Anne and her mother take the search into their own hands. Each new piece of information they unearth carries with it a freight of pain, a reminder of what was lost. But Anne, having chosen this search, persists: “I’m your daughter, Maman,” she tells her mother. “You’re the one who taught me how to do research, to gather information, to make even the smallest scrap of paper speak.

In TV, the top 10 list ranges from the indefinable second season of “The White Lotus” to laugh-out-loud comedies and smoldering fantasy shows. “Catch the Fair One” is available on Hulu and various video-on-demand platforms. “Paris, 13th District” is available on Amazon Prime Video and various video-on-demand platforms. “Peter Von Kant” is available on various video-on-demand platforms. “Tár” is available on various video-on-demand platforms.

☆ How Long Until Christmas? Check the Beef Jerky Advent Calendar
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Kathryn Dill | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Around 10 a.m. each day in December, Emma Lord goes into her New York City kitchen and, brimming with anticipation, plucks a one-ounce jam jar with a gingham-print lid from a tiny cardboard window. Will today’s flavor be strawberry-rhubarb? Or dragonfruit? Could it be honey? “The honey day is always an extremely controversial day for me,” said Ms. Lord, who along with tens of thousands of other Yuletide preserves enthusiasts counts down the days to Christmas each year with food-maker Bonne Maman’s Advent calendar.

☆ I ranked all 24 spreads in the viral $40 Bonne Maman Advent calendar. Here's why I think it's a gift worth the 600% price markup.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Rosa Pyo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The jam-and-spread brand Bonne Maman released its 2022 Advent calendar, whose 2021 version sold out. The calendar has 24 spreads to try and retails at $40 — a 600% price markup per 100 grams of jam. Google searches for "advent calendar" have more than doubled in the US since 2018, according to Google's trending data. The Bonne Maman Advent calendar 2022 edition comes with 23 limited-edition fruit spreads and one honey. The Advent-calendar jams cost $6.20 per 100 grams, versus the average Bonne Maman jam that costs about $1 per 100 grams — about a 600% markup.

☆ Disneyland Paris şi-a cerut scuze după ce a împiedicat o mamă să alăpteze în public; „A șocat clienții străini”
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-07 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Foto: Twitter / marieastierDisneyland Paris şi-a cerut scuze după ce a împiedicat o mamă să alăpteze în public; „A șocat clienții străini”Disneyland Paris şi-a cerut scuze marţi după ce angajaţi ai parcului de distracţii au cerut unei femei să nu mai alăpteze în public. „Regretăm profund această situaţie şi îi cerem încă o dată scuze sincere mamei în cauză. Cererea care i-a fost adresată nu corespunde regulamentului nostru intern şi valorile noastre”, a scris Disneyland Paris pe Twitter. Un internaut a scris duminică pe Twitter, alături de o fotografie, că agenţii de securitate „au împiedicat o mamă să-şi alăpteze bebeluşul de 2 luni pe motiv că a şocat clienţii străini!”. Disneyland Paris a răspuns la acest mesaj a doua zi, reamintind pur şi simplu că „pune la dispoziţia mamelor centrul Baby care cu echipamente adecvate şi confortabile, precum scaune speciale pentru alăptare”.

Persons: Marlene Schiappa Organizations: Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, En Locations: Disneyland Paris, Marne -, - Vallée, Paris

☆ Overlooked No More: Jobriath, Openly Gay Glam Rocker in the ’70s
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-11 | by ( David Chiu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. His space alien persona and theatrical rock music drew comparisons to David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust character, and his swaggering sound was likened to that of Mick Jagger. Onstage he moved like a ballet dancer. “We were so excited,” the actress Ann Magnuson, then a teenager, said in a phone interview. “‘Oh, did you see that helmet?’ You would talk about that in school the next day.”

Persons: ” Jobriath, Gladys Knight, ”, David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust, Mick Jagger, “, Ann Magnuson Organizations: Times, NBC

☆ Meet Allan Maman: The 21-year-old whose cold emails to Andrew Yang and Mike Bloomberg led to him making memes for their political campaigns
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-02 | by ( Dominic-Madori Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Allan Maman, a 21-year-old who didn't go to college, is the brainchild behind many of the memes used by the presidential campaigns of Andrew Yang and Mike Bloomberg. "Even people that were anti-Bloomberg or anti-or pro-Trump were tweeting, 'Oh this is actually a funny meme,'" Maman said. 'I think it's really cool that we kind of started political memes.' Allan MamanAnd as for his political meme career, Maman isn't so sure he will ever go back to it after the November election. "I think it's really cool that we kind of started political memes," he said.

☆ Basarabeanul Marian Furnică, balerin la Opera de Stat din Viena
▼ + stars: | 2018-02-23 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +7 min

Mămica mea, Svetlana Furnică, a fost dansatoare la Ansamblul „Joc”, iar tata, Ion Furnică, a absolvit Şcoala de Balet din Moscova. Din păcate, eu sunt unicul dintre nepoţii săi care dansează și care profesează în acest domeniu”, ne spune chişinăuianul Marian Furnică, balerin la Opera de Stat din Viena. L-am întrebat cum decurge o zi obişnuită din viaţa unui balerin al trupei Operei de Stat din Viena. Iar Valentina Naforniţă, despre care tânărul ne spune că e cea mai frumoasă şi mai talentată cântăreaţă a Operei de Stat din Viena, e tot din R.Moldova. De trei ani, Marian Furnică formează un cuplu cu o colegă de-a sa de la Opera de Stat din Viena, şi ea balerină.

Persons: Ion, Svetlana, geamăn, Marian, îşi, Student, Ilinca, Simona Noja, Manuel, Manuel Legris, Marian Furnică, ., Marian ., basarabeanul, Mihail, Dumitru Taran, Valentina Naforniţă, Rogers, Paradoxal, bunicile, Dodon Organizations: Operei, Stat Locations: Moscova, Viena, Chişinău, viena, Huedin, SUA, România, Ucraina, Rusia, R.Moldova, Moldova

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