Spotlight North Carolina mom helps 19-year-old daughter launch acai and berry bowl business Michael Hastings Winston-Salem Journal Oct 29, 2025 Oct 29, 2025 Updated Nov 3, 2025 0 × Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A mobile food business offering acai and other fruit bowls is teaching a young local woman how to run her own business.kAm%6C6D2 {6GJ @7 |:5H2J 96=A65 96C 52F89E6C[ tC:42[ =2F?49 q*~q q6CCJ q@H=D =2DE J62C 27E6C D96 8C25F2E65 7C@> 9:89 D49@@=]k^Am Nineteen-year-old Erica Levy runs BYOB Berry Bowls. MICHAEL HASTINGS photos, Winston-Salem Journal kAmxE’D 24EF2==J E96 D64@?5 7@@5 G6?EFC6 7@C E96 72>:=J] x? a_a`[ E96J 3642>6 2? :?56A6?56?E @A6C2E@C 7@C $F?D6E $=FD9[ 2? xE2=:2? x46 4@>A2?J E92E DE2CE65 @? ~2< xD=2?5 2?5 ~462? xD=6[ }]r][ :? a__c 2?5 ?@H =:46?D6D :ED 42CE :? >@C6 E92? 2 5@K6? 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