sando
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Even when he couldn’t get anyone to buy them, Steve Sando believed everyone who tasted his dried beans would love them.
And the biggest winner in the booming economy of beans is Rancho Gordo, which Sando founded back when his product was better known as the butt of jokes.
Sando, the company’s 65-year-old owner and chief executive, was a fan of beans even before he was fanatical about them.
“I remember eating my first bowl,” Sando once wrote, “and thinking I’d just tasted my future.”
One of those customers was a chef with a special appreciation for fresh ingredients who was so impressed by Sando’s dozen beans that he put some on the menu at his local restaurant.
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