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So how does a Humber College graduate who left a successful career in the travel and tourism industry to be a stay-at- home mom become one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in real estate staging, well if you ask Wendy Black, she kind of fell into it and has never looked back. Now Wendy Black Interiors carries their own extensive line of furniture and accessories that are housed in their sister companies, Exit, Staged Right! warehouse located in Kitchener, Ontario. Having both a staging company and furniture rental business keeps rental costs down while allowing for all the furnishings to be carefully chosen by Black to capture the latest styles and trends. Whether you are looking to stage a tiny condo or a multi-million-dollar home and all properties in between, we have the right scale and style of furnishings to suit your needs and assist you in getting the largest return on your investment with the least amount of time on the market.
For Angela Bean’s line of Old St. Augustine Gourmet products the proof isn’t only in the pudding, as it were, anymore – it’s on the mantelpiece. (Well, what she can fit on the sill is there, anyway.) Old St. Augustine Gourmet took home first place at the 2018 Scovie Awards for Angela’s handcrafted Datil Jerk Jamaican Seasoning Blend; first place at the 2017 World Hot Sauce Awards for her Sweet Heat Datil Pepper Bar-B-Que Sauce; and second place for her Fountain of Youth Datil Marinade at the same international competition. When Angela spoke with Spotlight on Business in early August from her home on Florida’s North Atlantic Coast in America’s oldest city – the San Agustin colony predates Jamestown (1607) by 42-years – the Volunteer State native was fresh from four more triumphs: “I just yesterday learned that I have four products that were garnered awards at the International Flavor Awards. The awards were for first place for my Snake Bite Datil Pepper Hot Sauce, which is a Louisiana-style hot sauce, and first place in the ‘Pickled Veggie Category’ with my gourmet Jalapeño Onion Relish, which is great on hamburgers and hotdogs and it’s really good with vegetables, greens or beans of any kind. My Snake Bite Salsa won second place in the ‘Medium Salsa Division’ there, as well. And my Fountain of Youth Marinade won second place in the ‘Marinade Division’ – so that’s a double winner for me.” What might...
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SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 2018
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