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Certified SC Made

  You've probably noticed product labels that say "Certified SC Product" meaning it's a bona fide South Carolina-made product.  Our next guest says that she started a granola company that went through that certification process with the SC Dept. of Agriculture and that while it seemed quite daunting at the time, she says it was well worth it.

Mike Switzer interviews Luanne Thayer, founder of Super 'Nola Natural in Greenville, SC, and her partner, John Hanson.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.