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(This is part of the DBJ Healthiest Employers 2018.)

A company responsible for increasing brand awareness and engagement of employees for its clients, is also increasing its own rate of employees engaged in their health and wellness.

“At Boost Engagement, wellness is engrained in our culture,” said Kristin Doyle, human resources director. “Limiting unhealthy snacks by providing healthy snack alternatives, as well as incentivizing our employee population to get their yearly preventative checks.…

Retrieving the mail Monday through Saturday at my home used to give me a little spark of anticipation. Part of this can be attributed to my having been a freelance writer for most of my adult life — awaiting checks and acceptances but more often receiving rejection slips — but also because even the ads and bills that arrived still represented a form of news, a connection to the world outside.

Yet I’ve noticed, as I’m sure you have, that far less mail is coming in lately. I realize that sounds…

Pizza Hut has launched its official sponsorship of the NFL, and it comes with a long list of deals and interactive experiences for pizza lovers and football fans.

The brand will offer a $7.99 two-topping large pizza throughout the season, and it launched a new customer rewards platform for football fans, NFL star-studded commercials and pizza boxes that use augmented reality so customers can interact with the brand.

The campaign is focused on the fan experience, Pizza Hut chief brand officer Marianne…

Minnesota Vikings fans will have a slew of new game-day snacks this season. But they may have to hustle to chase the beer guy.

The Minnesota Vikings, the Minnesota Sports Authority and Aramark on Thursday announced the new menu offerings at U.S. Bank Stadium for the 2018 Vikings season, including the BeerCycle, an over-sized tricycle equipped to serve two varieties of draft beer. A press release from Aramark states that the BeerCycle “is a flexible and portable offering that goes where the fans…

Woolery Back partnered with Ryan and Dan Pernice (of Table and Main and Osteria Mattone) to open Coalition Food and Beverage in downtown Alpharetta earlier this summer.

When Mark Hoefer joined Le Bilboquet Atlanta earlier this summer he was pleased to find a wine list that he considered to be strong and appropriate for the menu and cuisine of the restaurant.

“My task now is to find ways to elevate it and to fill out little gaps,” said Hoefer, assistant manager and beverage director. It's exciting because It allows me to take my time, really dive in and to find things that are unique and that are powerful in their range.”

Being a French restaurant with a French-heavy…

Meggan Clift brings her years of restaurant experience and guest-service minded leadership to the recently re-opened Biscuitville in Graham.

The partners behind the restaurant took advantage of changes made to Pennsylvania's liquor laws in 2016 to make Northbound happen.

Papa John's International Inc. founder John Schnatter is staying strong in his accusations against the company he once led and the man who leads it now.

The lawsuit Schnatter filed on Aug. 31 against the company, five independent directors and CEO Steve Ritchie has been unsealed, and in it Schnatter doubles down on his accusations that CEO Steve Ritchie orchestrated his ouster to save his own job.

Schnatter alleges that when Ritchie caught wind of the fact that he was going to be let go from…

The Charlotte Business Journal is continuing its monthly series that provides a review of health-code inspections for Mecklenburg County restaurants.

Restaurants featured in this section scored either a “B” or “C” when inspected in the month of August, according to data pulled Sept. 6 from the N.C. Public Health Inspections online database.

A total of 511 restaurants, of which 14 scored below an “A,” were inspected last month in Mecklenburg County. For restaurants that received a “B” or “C” grade…