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Word: streusel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...making an old product better. In 1982 Ted Rice, a Kansas City TV cameraman, brought home a cinnamon roll he had bought from a vendor and asked his wife Joyce, a schoolteacher, if she could make a tastier one. After she came up with a delicious specimen topped with streusel and a thin layer of vanilla icing, they tried selling her rolls at state fairs and arts-and-crafts shows. When long lines started to form, they knew they had a hit. The Rices opened their first T.J. Cinnamons shop in Kansas City 2 1/2 years ago, and have since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Franchising Fever | 8/31/1987 | See Source »

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