Oxford businesswoman Karen Kurr took her Southern-style frozen casseroles up to Bentonville, Ark., and landed a deal in her first meeting with Walmart. Starting in the fall of 2018, Kurr’s No Time 2 Cook family-size meals will be introduced in the frozen food aisles of 250 Walmarts throughout the Deep South.
Kurr’s winning combination of fresh ingredients and snappy packaging helped her strike retail gold in Bentonville, but it all began with some productive networking back home.
Kurr took part in the Big Bad Business Series, a 9-month entrepreneurial initiative presented by the Oxford-Lafayette County Economic Development Foundation in partnership with the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council. Her son, Allen Kurr, is vice president of economic development for the foundation.
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