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Economy of Berkeley


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to San Francisco and is now located in Berkeley.

�    Fantasy Studios, recording studio founded by Saul Zaentz

�    Heyday Books, independent nonprofit publisher with a focus on California history, often partnering with organizations such as the Oakland Museum and Santa Clara University, founded by Berkeleyan Malcolm Margolin

�    Image Comics, independent comic book publisher

�    Annie's Homegrown, natural/organic food manufacturer

Historic

�    Berkeley Co-op - a consumers' cooperative that operated from 1939 to 1988 and, at its height of popularity, had over 100,000 members, making it the largest cooperative of its kind in North America

�    Cody's Books � founded in 1956 and closed in 2008, was "a pioneer in bookselling, bringing the paperback revolution to Berkeley, fighting censorship, and providing a safe harbor from teargas for student activists during the Free Speech Movement and throughout the 1960s and 70s."

�    Whole Earth Access � founded in 1969 and closed in 1998, was initially a countercultural retail store inspired by Stewart Brand's Whole Earth Catalog.

�    Clif Bar headquarters, formerly in Berkeley, moved to neighboring Emeryville.

�    Bookpeople, an alternative book wholesaler, responsible for much of the growth in alternative/small press book publishing from 1970-1990. Moved to Oakland in the 1990s, closed in 2004.

�    Cutter Laboratories, pharmaceutical company bought out by Bayer in the 1970s

�    The Nature Company, former nationwide natural history and scientific general merchandise retailer

�    Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker, now a subsidiary of The Hershey Company, closing the Berkeley factory in 2009

�    Howell-North Books, publishers of
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