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Birchwood Foods will add more than 100 jobs over the next five years at its Norcross plant, the company said Monday.

The Kenosha, Wis.-based company will invest $33 million in an 80,000-square-foot expansion of the facility at 6009 Goshen Springs Road.

Birchwood will use the additional space to produce protein products for national restaurant chains and retailers.

Dennis Vignieri, president and CEO, said it’s the third major expansion at the Norcross facility since it began operations in 1988.…

A Jacksonville-based grocery holding company is preparing to close 22 stores in the south by the end of March, including in Orlando.

Southeastern Grocers Inc., parent company of Winn-Dixie Stores Inc., will close two locations in the Orlando area following its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection spring. The stores, which will close by March 25 in Central Florida, are the locations at 7840 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy. in Kissimmee and at 5732 N. Hiawassee Road in Orlando.

“We realize the…

There's a growing rift in the North American beer-making industry.

After Anheuser-Busch Inbev ran an ad for its Bud Light beer during the Super Bowl, which lampooned rival beer makers' usage of corn syrup in their products, it sent the beer industry into a tizzy.

The Wall Street Journal reported that a beer industry-wide plan that would have the country's leading brewers working together on a campaign to promote beer drinking has been put on ice.

And the rift started after Bud Light drew attention…

A Bud Light Super Bowl ad calling out MillerCoors’s use of corn syrup in Coors Light and Miller Lite could derail a brand-agnostic beer campaign aimed at boosting the struggling marketing, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Anheuser-Busch InBev, Denver-based Molson Coors Brewing Co (NYSE: TAP) ., Heineken NV and Constellation Brands Inc. had discussed a multimillion-dollar campaign aimed at helping the overall health of the beer category, the Journal reports.

But MillerCoors pulled out…

California cuisine and a rooftop lounge are Cameron Mitchell Restaurants' next Short North additions.

The Columbus company committed to the 711 N. High St. project in 2016 with its sights on two spaces there – one on the ground floor and one on the roof. On Monday, it provided some added detail on what those ventures will be.

Del Mar SoCal Kitchen will take that first floor spot and Lincoln Social Rooftop will crown the building.

Both are expected to open in April.

Del Mar will be a full-service,…

The Kraft Heinz Co. might be interested in selling its venerable Maxwell House coffee brand.

CNBC reported that the Chicago- and Pittsburgh-based food giant (Nasdaq: KHC) has hired investment bank Credit Suisse to examine options for the Maxwell House coffee division, which could include a possible sale.

The sale could garner as much as $3 billion, according to the report.

Maxwell House was a powerhouse coffee brand throughout the early and mid 20th century, with its “good to the last drop” advertising…