Bee Business Beginning to Boom
Janesville, Wis. — There’s a serious buzz surrounding bees these days, and at least one Wisconsin retailer is seeking to build some business out of it. Blain’s Farm and Fleet, based in this city about 60 miles southwest of Milwaukee, is continuing to expand its bee business, selling the critters themselves as well as all the equipment needed to keep them happy and healthy. The strategy is born from the movement nationally toward...
Sausage-Maker Wins Brat Brawl
Milwaukee — Two Wisconsin firms have settled their trademark dispute over which one has the right to advertise its signature sausages as backyard bratwurst, on terms favorable to Klement’s Sausage Co. U.S. District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller signed off on the agreement last week, barring Johnsonville Sausage LLC from ever again marketing a “Backyard Grilled Brat.” Johnsonville agreed in the settlement to abandon the trademark it sought...
