Papa Dean's in the News

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San Antonio Business Journal May 30, 2008

Sometimes the ingredients for a successful business venture extend beyond the product itself.

Such was the case for Papa Dean's Popcorn, the gourmet popcorn retailer in Alamo Heights. The company, which today has about $400,000 in revenue and employs five people fulltime, realized that it needed help managing its burgeoning customer base.

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San Antonio Express News May 28, 2008

 The way Tara Staglik describes her life is that she ditched a career as a law clerk to be a popcorn snob.
 
She’s pretty good at it.

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San Antonio Express News July 18, 2007  

What’s popping? Pink or blue popcorn as birth announcements? That’s just one use for the flavored popcorn at Papa Dean’s Popcorn, 6484 N. New Braunfels Ave., according to owner Tara Staglik.

The small bags are also available in school colors and colors to match different party decor.

"One bride used bright colored popcorn to substitute for the going-away rice throw because she wanted to be able to see the popcorn better. In the obligatory photo, as she explained,the rice or birdseed often looks like a smudge on the photograph," according to Staglik.