For Just Peanuts?No way! These brothers sell much more than boiled nuts to their hard-core Southern-food fans.
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What:Mail-order snackfoods, Southern-style
Who:Matthew and Ted Lee of LeeBros. Boiled Peanuts Catalogue
Where:Charleston, SouthCarolina
When:Started in 1994
"The idea that you can build a successful business onmail-ordered boiled peanuts is pretty far-fetched," admitsMatthew Lee. "But people grow up in places and develop verystrong attachments to food." For Matthew, that particularsnack of choice is boiled peanuts.
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