In Chicago, I was _______ an order to import machines from Cretors, the ______ that invented the popcorn machine. They introduced me to a ________ of college graduates who had just started Kernel Season’s, a brand of popcorn seasoning. They were _________ to survive and had chosen to give __________ their flavours for free to big theatre chains. But they were slowly ________ the demand grow.   They were _________ to survive