Apr 5, 2011

Cornucopia Owner Honored By Exeter ChamberBy Marisa NovelloSeacoastOnline.com

EXETER — Kathleen Campbell had a vision 30 years ago to open a cheese shop. Now Campbell is not only the owner of Cornucopia Wine & Cheese Market, but she is also the proud recipient of an Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year award in the retail and wholesale category.

“I’m walking on air,” said Campbell of her award she received March 24.

Campbell was just 16 years old when she walked into a cheese shop in her home town on Long Island looking for a job.

It was at the cheese shop that “I developed a passion for the product,” Campbell said.

Campbell began her shop three years ago at her first location at the Stratham Plaza. She began by sharing store space with a florist, and was popular enough that she eventually took over the whole space.

She said it was “fortuitous” that her new downtown Exeter location became available, since she was looking to move to a more central location. Campbell said the response to her new location has been “overwhelming.”

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