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Edible Arrangements Founder: From McDonalds Employee to Global CEO
42 minutes Posted Jan 7, 2019 at 2:00 am.
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Edible Arrangements founder Tariq Farid turned a single flower shop selling creative fruit baskets into a multimillion dollar global business with 1,200+ franchisees. An immigrant from Pakistan who moved to the United States when he was 13 years old, he responds to recent rhetoric around immigration and says diversity is key to America's strength. He shares the lessons learned from his first job working at McDonalds and calls for more recognition of small business owners by leaders in Washington. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.

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