The combined revenue of the ZCoB businesses was, in 2015, more than twice what it had been in 2005, having risen from $25 million to $56 million. Its profits had more than doubled as well. There were 525 full-time and 166 part-time employees in 2015, up from 258 full-time and 139 part-time in 2005. Meanwhile, four new companies in the community brought the total to 11 different local food-related businesses, including a candy company, a working farm and event venue, and a Korean restaurant. There was also a new vision, Zingerman’s 2020, superseding Zingerman’s 2009. “Ninety percent of it was
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