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P. Morgan to invest some money in the food products. The Woods called the new venture Sylvia Woods Enterprises LLC, a company separate from the Harlem restaurant that was legally formed Sylvia Woods Inc. P. Morgan assumed an equity stake of 20 percent in the new company. When they were ready to select which soul food favorites they would package, they started with the barbecue sauce. But so as not to get lost on the shelf with only one product, they decided to launch several others at the same time: a bottled hot sauce and salad dressing, and a series of canned vegetables such as blackeyed peas and collard greens.
She does no shuff ling, stacking, or moving of letters from one corner of her desk or off ice to another with the intention of postponing action until tomorrow. Booker meticulously reviews each memo, letter, card, and piece of literature that crosses her desk, and she reacts immediately. That also goes for the 30 to 50 E-mails she typically receives each day. By noon, Booker has dialed another 20 numbers and put a small dent in the mountainous stack of mail that sits squarely on her desk. M. qxd 24 10/3/00 9:04 AM Page 24 Against All Odds sites.
They hired and f ired several chefs, as well as other employees who could not perform well enough to uphold Sylvia’s standards. They experienced problems with getting the managers to use the same meats, brand of ingredients, and equipment—all of which make a difference in taste—that were used at the Harlem location. And although the menu at Sylvia’s Atlanta started off being identical to that at Sylvia’s Harlem, over time, Kenneth, who travels to the restaurant about every other month, found that it had to be changed slightly to cater more to the appetites of the customers.
