&lt;img src=&#039;http://assets.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/docpopcorn*100.jpg?v=1&#039;&gt;St. Louis businessman Randy Jung recently opened his first Doc Popcorn shop at South County Center in St. Louis.

Jung and his daughters want to open up to nine more locations of the fresh-popped, all-natural flavored popcorn franchise throughout the St. Louis area in the years to come.

The first store has seven employees but will hire more for the holidays and to prepare for the next store openings at St. Clair Square in Fairview Heights in March 2012 and Mid Rivers Mall in St. Peters in October 2012, company spokeswoman Laura Snyder said...&lt;div class=&quot;feedflare&quot;&gt;
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