The Burrito That Saved a Bookstore

Broadway Books, an independent bookstore in Portland, Ore., had the best holiday season in its history after the owner's son tweeted that he would buy a burrito for anyone who spent more than $50 at his mother's store. From a story in the Christian Science Monitor... When Dyer’s son Aaron Durand learned that his mom’s bookstore might not make it, he decided to do something about it. Durand wrote a blog post in a last-ditch effort to save his mom’s bookstore. The post read, “I have a credit card that has $1000 left of credit on it and I want to spend that money helping people get to my mom’s store.” He promised to buy a burrito for...

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