Entrepreneurial success stories from the Michigan Restaurant Show. Today on Business Next

From the Michigan Restaurant Show 2013, an interview on fire safety with Robert Fradle of Fields Fire Protection; Mike Wenkel of the Michigan Potato Industry Commission talks about the small business-dominated potato-industry; interview with Rick Davis of Ashby’s Sterling Ice Cream, manufacturer of ice cream for food service outlets; George Quackenbush, executive director of the Michigan Beef Industry Commission, talks about how beef producers and processors cooperate to help grow their industry; Katura Brandis of Enviromaster Services covers the latest in restroom cleanliness technology; and Kyle Layne Stelmach of Cherry Capital Foods talks about how this food distributor helps customers and farmers figure out how to source local food and how to provide local food to the marketplace.

Listen Wednesday at 10-11 a.m. ET (replay at 3 p.m., 8 p.m. and 1 a.m.) at Michigan Business Network. Downloadable podcast versions of previous shows available here.