St. Paul entrepreneur now has her empanadas in 50 stores, including Kowalski's
25 Aug 2021
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Belen Rodriguez's career plan was thrown into disarray by the coronavirus pandemic.
She was furloughed in March 2020 from her part-time job as a Spanish language translator at HCMC in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, her growing catering business was falling apart as in-person events were canceled or postponed.
"It was really scary," she said.
Rodriguez's husband suggested selling some of her empanadas in a grocery store. By summer, Rodriguez, who moved to Minnesota from her native Argentina in 2012, was testing the concept by selling frozen empanadas at a farmers market.
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