“If you’re not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.” These are the words of American fast-food tycoon Ray Kroc, who led the expansion of the international fast-food giant McDonald’s. It is debatable if there’s a good time to start a business, but embarking on a new venture during a pandemic, which has caused a lockdown and has made a global recession quite likely, is certainly risky. This did not deter pastry chef Gráinne Mullins, who decided to create her new business, Grá Chocolates, (meaning love in Irish and is also short for Gráinne) during the…
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