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Dan Balluff was not thrilled when he read an Idaho Business Review story about his shop 16 years ago. City Peanut Shop was a new endeavor and, amid a shaky economy, the story asked if the business was feasible.

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The new business owner’s photo was on the cover with the words “Will it last?” printed alongside it. At first, Balluff balked, but then recalls thinking it kind of made sense.

“The reporter was right to be skeptical, right? I mean, it was a whole new concept,” he said in an interview on O

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