13: Ari Weinzweig - Anarchist Entrepreneur, Co-Founder Zingerman's Community of Businesses

Published: May 2, 2016, 7 a.m.

Ari Weinzweig is CEO and
co-founding partner of Zingerman's Community of Businesses, which
includes Zingerman's Delicatessen, Bakehouse, Creamery, Catering,
Mail Order, ZingTrain, Coffee Company, Roadhouse, Candy Manufactory
and the newest business\u2014Cornman Farms. \xa0Zingerman\u2019s produces
and sells all sorts of full flavored, traditional foods in its home
of Ann Arbor, Michigan to the tune of $60,000,000 a year in annual
sales. \xa0Ari was recognized as one of the \u201cWho\u2019s Who of Food
& Beverage in America\u201d by the 2006 James Beard Foundation and
has awarded a Bon Appetit Lifetime Achievement Award among many
recognitions. Ari is the author of a number of articles and books,
including Zingerman\u2019s Guide to Better Bacon (Zingerman\u2019s Press),
Zingerman\u2019s
Guide to Giving Great Service,
Zingerman\u2019s Guide to Good Eating (Houghton Mifflin), Zingerman\u2019s
Guide to Good Leading, Part 1: A Lapsed Anarchist\u2019s Approach to
Building a Great Business, and Zingerman's Guide to Good Leading,
Part 2: A Lapsed Anarchist\u2019s Approach to Being a Better Leader.
Zingerman's Guide to Good Leading, Part 3; A Lapsed Anarchist's
Approach to Managing Ourselves, was released in December of 2013.
Zingerman's Guide to Good Leading, Part 4; A Lapsed Anarchist's
Approach to the Power of Beliefs in Business is scheduled for
release in the first part of 2016.
Zingerman's Community of Businesses
Zingerman's
Mail Order Foods
Zingerman's
Training
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