Patriotic Part   This article originally appeared in the Business Observer (July 19, 2013). Local veterinarian Molly Caldwell Kraut’s business passion for the last 15 years has been in animals, not necessarily the American spirit. But her new venture, a retail-general store that only sells products totally assembled and manufactured in the U.S., from Elmer’s…

Venice store only sells items made in USA   This article originally appeared in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune (July 3, 2013). VENICE – Molly Kraut found out just how hard it is to sell only made-in-America products when she began ordering American flags.   It turns out that, while the flags were made in America, the stands…