Small Biz

Shoals Commercial Culinary Center

Florence, Ala.

http://ccc.shoalsec.com

Opened: 2001
Size: 3,000 square feet
Rental rate: $25 per hour
Other services: Product development, product testing, ingredient procurement, packaging, labeling, cost analysis, health department compliance, marketing and business seminars
Active tenants: 17
"Graduates" who have gone on to start their own businesses: 1

Made on site at the incubator, Mook's Cheese Straws (not pictured) are sold in several large grocery chains throughout the Southeast.