Grand Prize Winner Fat Toad Farm Has a Mightier Chance to Go Global

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Thanks to the second-annual FedEx Small Business Grant Contest, Brookfield, Vermont-based and family-owned Fat Toad Farm, a small business specializing in hand-crafted goat's milk caramel sauces, has been named the grand prize winner!

Fat Toad Farm will receive a $25,000 grant to put toward its business and growth plan.  They plan to use the grant money to improve their caramel production facility, upgrade their IT platforms, streamline their order intake, fulfillment and shipping services and - hopefully, take their business global.

Learn more:  FedEx Awards 'Fat Toad Farm' Small Business Grant

Check this out so you can appreciate how these awards and funds are put to good use:

The FedEx Small Business Grant Contest offers significant opportunity for small businesses to gain nationwide recognition, and encourages local communities to rally behind them at the same time. Last year's grant winner, Nicole Snow of Darn Good Yarn, said that her business (check out her blog!) has doubled since winning the grant contest and has allowed her to begin exporting as far as Australia.