In a landscape dominated by chain grocery stores, Stuart Green operates Braymiller Market, which proudly provides fresh produce and tantalizing prepared foods for the southtowns, and as of 2020, downtown Buffalo. In Episode 8 of the Empire State Entrepreneurs podcast, we learn Stuart's story.
Highlights include: - A photographic beginning - An unlikely first career - An unlikely second career - Purchasing a local legacy - Going from a corporate industry to owning a small business - The Undercover Boss theory - Learning to work with someone who is rooted in your new acquisition - Early changes - The wholistic approach to providing food to a region - Finding creative ways to save and cut back on waste - Launching a new location and how plans change - How self-reflection drives decision making - Maximizing traffic to a location during a lockdown - Working with the development team, and managing building ownership - Passing the torch to the next generation - Giving the people what they want - Supporting local business - Competing with bigger chains - Growing against the grain - The physical and financial investment that makes entrepreneurship rewarding - Mr. Fixit
