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The management team focused on coffee. The goldenparachute was nice, but the passion and the purpose was suddenly gone.”. He climbed the advertising and marketing ladder, and eventually became marketing director at Nabob Foods in Vancouver. Nabob, when Mr. Bell arrived, had too many brands, and lost money.
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