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When Tricia Wallwork took the helm of her family’s seven-decades-old sweet tea business, Milo’s had 40 employees and one facility in Alabama that ran a single shift every few days. Now there are more than a thousand employees and three plants producing her family’s iced tea, 24-7.“Milo's really is this great American growth story,” says the 50-year-old Wallwork, granddaughter of Milo Carlton, who started serving the sweet tea at his hamburger shop in Birmingham, which grew into a fast-food chain in the 1980 ...