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Hurricane forces Aunt V's Candies to relocate to Flowood.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 28-NOV-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
FLOWOOD -- The owners of Gulfport-based Aunt V's Candies had a goal of opening a second store in the Jackson area in 2006. Hurricane Katrina, however, forced that opening in 2005. The confectionary opened in Magnolia Marketplace in Flowood last month and the Gulfport location is closed.

"We realize that sometimes the man upstairs is in control and knows more than we do," owner Cheryl Blackstock said. "We wanted to have a store here and when the Coast has stability, we will put a second store there."

She said the business dream she and husband Jeff Blackstock have is to have franchises of their store. They feel the Flowood location will make that dream more possible.

A Gulf Coast standard, Aunt V's Candies was...

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