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Portland runner Shalane Flanagan on why she loves her job

The 25-year plan for the zoo is expected to be rolled out in phases with the first phase scheduled for early 2019.

The duo selected an Oregon chef to run the kitchen of their first partner restaurant.

Klement's Sausage Co. will add 5,000 square feet and reconfigure 50,000 more square feet under an expansion expected to be completed by mid-2019.

The $7.5 million expansion is set to get underway later this month at its flagship facility, 2650 S. Chase Ave., in the Bay View neighborhood. With Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Mayor Tom Barrett in attendance at a ceremonial groundbreaking Wednesday, CEO Tom Danneker talked about his whirlwind 2018, which has seen Klement's boost its community partnerships…

Sales of spirits in Washington state increased 5 percent in fiscal 2018, coming in at $654.9 million — and Albertsons is the big winner.

Albertsons also owns Safeway and Haggen, and, as a result, the company is pulling in nearly a quarter of the state's liquor sales, according to an analysis of Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board data. Together the three companies sold $143.7 million in liquor in fiscal 2018, which ended in June 2018.

While Albertsons portfolio of 224 stores has the most…

YAM Circle, a 17,800-square-foot retail and dining project in Scottsdale, has reached 100 percent occupancy with six tenants.

The complex is owned and under development by billionaire Bob Parsons' YAM Properties.

YAM Circle is at Hayden Road and Northsight Boulevard just south of Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard. That is the former site of Harley-Davidson Scottsdale.

Construction is nearing completion, according to YAM Properties, but an opening date has yet to be announced.

In February, YAM said…

Don't call 'em the Crazy Eight. Call 'em the Tasty Eight.

As in, these eight breweries have survived another round of the Oregon Beer Showdown, which enters the quarterfinal stage today. As such, they leave behind the last No. 1 seed remaining, as Widmer was knocked off by GoodLife Brewing, of Bend.

GoodLife's task doesn't get any easier as it goes up against Portland's Ecliptic, which, in our survey (we ask which, when pitted head-to-head, readers prefer), has used an active social media campaign…

The Wisconsin food and beverage industry experienced a shakeup this week, with Krones Inc. acquiring W.M. Sprinkman Corp.

Krones, the North American subsidiary of German company Krones AG., purchased Sprinkman, a multi-generation family company now based in Waukesha, for an undisclosed amount with the intention of bolstering its product portfolio in North America. Krones employs 500 people at its North American headquarters in Franklin, and will add Sprinkman's 125 employees.

Sprinkman will retain…

The empty Harp Transmission building in Grant Park has found a new tenant and it's bringing a kitchen. A new restaurant and bar called “The Harp” will replace the old automotive transmission building in Grant Park, What Now Atlanta first reported.

Plans were originally filed last year to transform the 3,000-square-foot building along 350 Memorial Drive into 42,145 square feet of office, restaurant and retail space, but now new owners, Charlotte chef Jarrett Gray and his sister Joy Gray Prince,…