Ask Ari Weinzweig: The co-founder of Zingerman's takes your questions

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Got a question about customer service? Want to know how to grow your company without sacrificing your company's culture? Just want a great recipe? Ari Weinzweig, the co-founder of the $30 million food conglomerate, Zingerman's Community of Businesses — which operates a world-famous deli, a bakery, a creamery, a mail order business and a coffee roasting company, among other things — is here to help. Ari will be answering your questions as our next guest columnist for our Ask Inc. section.

Here's a link to a great story by Inc. editor-at-large Bo Burlingham detailing Zingerman's growth from a gourmet deli in Ann Arbor, Michigan into an assortment of companies all dedicated to a single Zingerman's principle: quality food and service at all costs. As Bo describes, Zingerman's also counsels other companies, even those that don't deal with food, on how to train their employees. Also, check out Zingerman's in Bo's book, Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big.

Post your questions below. If Ari doesn't answer your question, we'll submit it to our Ask Inc. reporting team.