{"id":2609688,"date":"2026-06-02T16:10:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-business-awards-small-businesses-in-contest-for-america-250\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T16:11:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:11:00","slug":"fox-business-awards-small-businesses-in-contest-for-america-250","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-business-awards-small-businesses-in-contest-for-america-250\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox Business awards small businesses in contest for America 250"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffox-business-awards-small-businesses-in-contest-for-america-250%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2609688&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Fox Business highlighted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-michigan-house-member-files-to-impeach-governor-gretchen-whitmer\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Michigan House Member Files to Impeach Governor Gretchen Whitmer\">small businesses<\/a> nationwide as part of America\u2019s 250th anniversary, spotlighting their effects on customers and communities. In March, the network launched its \u201cMade in America\u201d contest, offering a grand prize of $25,000, and used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-silent-about-leftist-violence-in-speech-condemning-republicans-for-political-violence\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Silent About Leftist Violence in Speech Condemning Republicans for Political Violence\">public voting<\/a> after selecting 10 finalists.<\/p>\n<p>During Small Business Week in May,Fox Business announced three winners who would be featured on Fox Nation\u2019s \u201cSmall Business Special\u201d airing June 8: Four branches Bourbon (Kentucky),Marilyn\u2019s (Ohio),and TGU Home Solutions (North Carolina). The other seven finalists included businesses in Illinois, California, Texas, Kansas, Tennessee, and Florida. <\/p>\n<p>A judging panel-Maria Bartiromo, Charles Payne, Brian Brenberg, Larry Kudlow, and Dagen McDowell-reviewed written or video submissions and selected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-turned-republican-rumble-into-campaign-momentum-polls\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley&#039;s impact: Republican polls surged.\">winners based<\/a> on leadership and team culture, innovation and creativity, customer experience and loyalty, and community impact-each weighted equally at 25%. The contest was sponsored by Comcast Business and JPMorgan Chase.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Fox Business<\/em> is shining the spotlight on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/small-businesses\/\">small businesses<\/a> across the nation and the impact they have made on their customers and communities in celebration of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/america-250\/\">America\u2019s 250th anniversary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Fox Business <\/em>kicked off its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/media\/fox-business-launches-made-america-small-business-contest-25k-cash-prizes-winners\">\u201cMade in America\u201d contest<\/a> in March for small businesses to get a chance at a grand prize of $25,000. Fans were asked to vote \u201cfor their favorite small business\u201d once 10 finalists were chosen, according to the network.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/4589581\/ai-giant-anthropic-files-go-public\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>AI giant Anthropic files to go public<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/space\/4580578\/spacex-launch-super-heavy-starship-test-ipo\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>SpaceX launches extra powerful Super Heavy-Starship test flight as company races toward IPO<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4580594\/mamdani-costing-new-york-jobs-tax-revenue-joe-concha\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Mamdani is costing New York jobs and tax revenue: Joe Concha<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The judging panel included Fox Business\u2019s Maria Bartiromo, Charles Payne, Brian Brenberg, Larry Kudlow, and Dagen McDowell.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">In May, during Small Business Week, <em>Fox Business\u2019s <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/video\/6394573628112\"><em>The Big Money Show<\/em> announced<\/a> three out of 10 finalists as the winners to be featured on <em>Fox Nation\u2019s<\/em> Small Business Special, which will air on June 8.<\/span>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three contest winners were:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Four Branches Bourbon in Bardstown, Kentucky<\/li>\n<li>Marilyn\u2019s in Lakeside, Ohio<\/li>\n<li>TGU Home Solutions in Aberdeen, North Carolina. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other seven finalists were:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Judy\u2019s Family Cafe in Galesburg, Illinois; <\/li>\n<li>Nathan Anthony Furniture in Vernon, California; <\/li>\n<li>Pedal Guerrero, Incorporated, in San Antonio, Texas; <\/li>\n<li>Pete Place, LLC, in Dighton, Kansas; <\/li>\n<li>Steele Saddle Tree LLC, in Ashland City, Tennessee; <\/li>\n<li>Harris Grocery, Inc., in Bunnell, Florida; and <\/li>\n<li>Coastal Business Solutions, LLC, in Corpus Christi, Texas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/op-eds\/4577768\/drake-plastics-texas-ruling-implications\/\"><strong>A QUIET TEXAS RULING WITH BIG IMPLICATIONS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The judges reviewed either written or video submissions from each finalist and selected the winners based on the following categories: leadership and team culture (25%), innovation and creativity (25%), customer experience and loyalty (25%), and community impact (25%).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contest was sponsored by Comcast Business and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jpmorgan\/\">JPMorgan Chase<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox Business highlights U.S. small businesses in its \u201cMade in America\u201d contest for a $25,000 prize<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4259,"featured_media":2609689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-06-01-at-5.06.14-PM-e1780348630183.png?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[39522,80721,36384,51972],"class_list":["post-2609688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-american-dream","tag-business-awards","tag-fox-business","tag-small-business-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-06-01-at-5.06.14-PM-e1780348630183.png?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2609688"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2609692,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609688\/revisions\/2609692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2609689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2609688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2609688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2609688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}