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Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, files for bankruptcy (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 2 years ago by joelthelion@lemmy.world to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] atimholt@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I just heard some supposedly inspirational blurb on the radio about a guy getting let go in the 2008 financial crisis, and going on to invent the instant pot. Funny little thing. It's a great device (my mother loves hers). Hopefully the product continues on past the bankruptcy.