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With combined experience spanning more than three decades, catering veterans Doug Ribley and Kyla Moore of Orlando’s Rosen Centre Hotel bring a wealth of knowledge to create the perfect mix of menu, decor, atmosphere and entertainment for holiday parties large and small.

“The end goal is always to have a great event and happy customers,” says Ribley, director of convention services and catering.

Moore, the I-Drive hotel’s assistant director of convention services and catering, agrees. “There…

Fast-growing online food ordering and delivery company EatStreet is raising $12 million in equity to support growth.

So far, the Madison-based company has sold $6.09 million of that offering to eight investors, according to a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

“This new investment allows EatStreet to continue to grow, as we launch our delivery service in cities throughout the Midwest, including some markets we’ll announce next week,” Matt Howard, CEO and co-founder…

From regional tastes to plant-based alternatives, the year ahead will focus on flexible eating styles.

That’s the word from Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), parent of King Soopers, which on Tuesday announced its top food trend predictions for 2019, determined by its team of new product developers, chefs and innovators.

Here are the top five trends to expect in 2019, according to Kroger, the nation’s largest operator of traditional supermarkets:

Regional flavors: Consumers will see…

Twenty-five years after she bought it, Bryant-Lake Bowl owner Kim Bartmann is selling her restaurant-theater-bowling alley concept, the Star Tribune reports.

The new owner will be Erica Gilbert, who started at the Bryant-Lake Bowl 12 years ago as a wait assistant and is now a manager. Gilbert said she plans making only minor updates to the restaurant, at 810 W. Lake St.

Bartmann told the Star Tribune it was time for a change, and the restaurant will be in the space long into the future.

Alongside…

Craft brewers worry that expanding sales tax to pints would result in an unfair playing field with bars and restaurants

How satisfied are customers with The Hershey Co. and Campbell Soup Co.? Satisfied customers can mean better economic performances.

A Sacramento-area food truck operator has selected El Dorado Hills as the site of its first brick-and-mortar restaurant.

PekoPeko Ramen customers will soon be able to order sake and other alcoholic drinks with their meals.

The eatery at 7 E. 33rd St. in Charles Village was granted a liquor license last week. Owner David Forster said a new drinks menu is still in the works, but will include sake, Japanese beer and wine options. Cocktail offerings are also a possibility.

“We're a Japanese restaurant with no Japanese sake or beer offerings, so I think it's a value-add experience for our guests,” he said.

Forster,…

Everything but the House completed its highest-priced sale ever last week, and it came as a surprise on several fronts.

The Joef Albers oil painting “Study for a Homage to the Square” garnered 155 bids and sold for $161,999 on Oct. 17.

The painting was owned by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and was found by an EBTH cataloger as the company’s team sorted through a donation that had been given by the family of Cincinnati artist Paul Chidlaw.

“The inventory of what went there was sort…

A former downtown Sacramento restaurant space is available for lease, and a lawsuit alleges the owner of its previous occupant, Wayside Noodles, owes nearly $600,000 to the landlord.