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In seeking insights for our Portland's Best Coffee and Tea Houses, the PBJ expanded one of the categories, as well as the overall scope of the survey in general.

Whereas last year we simply asked readers to pick places that serve the best-tasting coffee, this year, we asked readers to choose the best coffee and tea joints to get both great beverages and food. The “tea” part of the equation is new as well, allowing one purveyor that tied for first, as well as the No. 3 finisher this installment (in…

Every year for the past 30 years, Ildefonso Diaz has made his annual trek from California to the Arizona State Fair in Phoenix.

The founder of Rilto, California-based International Treasures said it's like an annual homecoming, catching up with other long-time vendors and meeting new ones.

“I like the fair,” he said. “I like to see what's going on every year. Every year is different. I always bring different stuff so they can see something different.”

This year there are 267 business vendors at…

Brian Meehan was excited when he saw George Webb Restaurants trending on Twitter, but he wasn’t surprised.

As the president and co-owner of Milwaukee-based Celtic, an advertising agency, Meehan has handled the diner chain’s communications and marketing for the past several years. Most of that time, Celtic’s work focused on driving customers to the restaurants. But the strategy shifted earlier this month.

Waukesha-based George Webb Restaurants is famous in Wisconsin for its “12-in-a-row”…

Health trends are squeezing the craft beer and soda industries while food companies that produce in-demand food items thrive.

Local executives said they are raising wages, among other strategies, to maintain a workforce.

Kille opened his first business, a Sixth Street night club called Toulouse, in 1982. Today, you can find him entertaining still — but with a drastically different business.

Just two of the country's biggest burger sellers — Shake Shack and BurgerFi — received A grades in a report rating reduction of antibiotic use in meat supplies among 25 burger restaurants.

The Natural Resources Defense Council’s Chain Reaction report showed McDonald’s, Burger King, Hardee’s, Steak ’n Shake, White Castle, In-N-Out Burger, Five Guys and 15 other chains received F grades for their lack of policies, practices or transparency in reducing the use of meat raised with antibiotics.…

Competition is brewing between a handful of new coffee shops in Boston and the ubiquitous Dunkin' and Starbucks chains — not to mention some other well-known brands with a presence in the city.

The battle of the beverages has been going on for a while now in Boston, and it seems there are more coffee shops popping up around downtown every day. Some are larger chains, but more of them are brands with just two or three locations. Larger brands, from Caffé Nero to Blue Bottle, are finding their…

Papa John's International Inc. continues to hone its advertising strategy.

The beleaguered company has named a new integrated media agency of record after losing its former agency amid controversy this summer.

Havas Media will handle integrated media for the brand, according to an AdAge report. Havas Media is the main media brand of Havas Group Media and operates in 144 countries.

Havas replaces media agency Initiative, which dropped the pizza company as a client in July after controversial…

A Greater Cincinnati craft brewery is partnering with Klosterman Baking Co. on a new beer to be released in conjunction with its one-year anniversary.

Blue Ash's Fretboard Brewing and Klosterman are collaborating on Klosterman Rye Bier, a rye lager brewed with caraway seed, the secret ingredient to the bakery's rye bread.

Fretboard partner Jim Klosterman – no relation to the bakery, coincidentally – told me the baking and brewing industries in Cincinnati have long been tied together as German…