Cookies and cheese curds steal the show: The top 10 food vendors at the 2017 Minnesota State Fair by sales (slideshow)
The Minnesota State Fair unveils new foods every year, but people just can't seem to get enough of the classic selections, especially Sweet Martha's Cookie Jar.
Sweet Martha's was the top-grossing food vendor at the State Fair (again) last year with over $4.36 million in gross revenue across its three locations — a 10.7 percent jump from 2016. Sweet Martha's had over $3 million more than the second-highest vendor on the list, Mouth Trap Cheese Curds.
Sweet Martha's sells about 1 million cookies…
Whole Foods Market 365 to open Houston store this summer with Peli Peli, Juice Society
After a delay announced last year, Austin-based Whole Foods Market will finally open its 365 store in Houston — and it will include a familiar restaurant name to Houstonians.
Houston-based Peli Peli Kitchen and Austin-based Juice Society will open within the retailer’s lower-priced store this summer, according to a press release. When the 30,000-square-foot store — dubbed 365 Independence Heights — at 101 N. Loop W. debuts, it will be the 10th location of the 365 chain in the U.S. and…
Private equity firm’s purchase of Miami coffee maker has potential to disrupt the market
Coffee, the No. 2 commodity in the world after oil, has been a hot sector for mergers and acquisitions.
A Turkish star plays a waiting game
Most customers do not recognize the fit, well-dressed man walking around Tuts Bakery and Cafe in downtown Palo Alto, picking up used cups and dirty dishes, as Turkey's most celebrated soccer player. So how did Hakan Sukur end up here — wondering if he’ll ever go home again, if his children will ever see his aging parents, if his country will turn back toward democracy and let him in again?
View MKE to replace Wolf Peach space in Brewers Hill
The building previously home to Wolf Peach in Milwaukee's Brewers Hill neighborhood will soon be occupied by a small plates restaurant focusing on seasonal fare, farm-to-fork ingredients and global flavors.
Owner Carl Tomich released the details of his new restaurant concept, called View MKE, in a news release Monday. The new eatery, expected to open sometime this summer, will serve dinner seven days a week and brunch on Saturday and Sundays.
Wolf Peach closed earlier this year after the dining…
Opportunity to die for: Former mortuary will become restaurant
The owner of a boutique bowling alley in San Francisco is transforming a former Fair Oaks mortuary into a restaurant, in what's expected to be an approximately $1 million project.
Growing national steakhouse chain set to open new location in Gilbert
A national steakhouse chain that some experts predict will become a national sensation is set to open a new location in Metro Phoenix this summer.
Firebirds Wood Fired Grill is set to open its third restaurant in the Valley in June, a company spokeswoman told the Phoenix Business Journal. It will be located just off East Williams Field Road in Gilbert, near the San Tan Village shopping center.
The restaurant, that has locations in Chandler and Peoria, specializes in hand-cut aged steaks, fresh…
Mortenson breaks ground on next Fitzsimons bioscience building
The Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority broke ground recently on a new bioscience building at the Fitzsimons Innovation Community, a major milestone in the development of the 125-acre property, which will house laboratories, apartments, schools and hotels in the years a
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Internet of Things: It’s Worth the Investment
In his seminal 1998 work “The Information Paradox,” author John Thorpe pinpointed the difficulty in justifying the real business benefits of information technology spending. Business owners know they have to utilize emerging technology, even if identifying and measuring its value can’t always be fully realized. Hence, the paradox.
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A planned Denver-area trash/recycling site drew a stink from neighbors, then a fast-growing town killed it by annexing the land
Could a battle over 12 acres of vacant land deep in Denver’s suburbs serve as the setting for a new — and, some say, overly aggressive — approach to annexation, one likely driven by the metro area’s mushrooming growth and ever-shrinking supply of available land?
Scott Eden thinks so. The CEO of Mountain Waste & Recycling had planned to locate a trash transfer and recycling facility on Parker’s border but was stymied last month by the fast-growing town, which voted to annex the land that cost him $2.5 million in 2016 and then rezone it so as to kill his project.
“Here you have a town going outside its jurisdiction and taking away a rightful use that was established 20 years ago,” said Eden, who still owns the land. “It’s a taking of my land-use rights.”
According to local land-use experts, the town’s decision was a pre-emptive strike to keep nearby residents and businesses from having the sights, sounds and smells of a waste and recycling facility next door. And as rare as such moves..