American Sweet Bean Co. hopes for successful bean business in U.S. and Japanese markets

February 26, 2011 - By Vicki Johnson, vjohnson@advertiser-tribune.com

OLD FORT - The American Sweet Bean Co. likely is to have edamame on the shelves of some well-known grocery stores by this summer and is looking into exports to Japan.

"We're landing domestic markets," said founder and President Charles Fry. "We should have several hundred stores coming up pretty quickly in the next few months or so."