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Foodsby Inc., a tech startup that orchestrates delivery of restaurant food to office buildings, has raised $13.5 million to expand into new markets and ramp up hiring.

The idea of a “secret menu” at Chick-fil-A is nothing but a “conspiracy theory” akin to to Loch Ness Monsters and UFO, according to the company's website. But that doesn't mean customers can't still ask for off-menu combinations.

Atlanta Business Chronicle previously reported that while the Atlanta-based chicken chain continues to roll out food experiments in various markets, a website called Hack the Menu published a list of unlisted menu combinations. Those menu hacks were posted last January…

The animals are now roaming free on boxes of Nabisco's Barnum's Animals Crackers.

Since 1902, boxes of Barnum's Animals Crackers have pictured tigers, giraffes and zebras behind bars in circus cages on its packaging.

But now Nabisco parent, Deerfield, Illinois-based Mondelez International (Nasdaq: MDLZ), has removed the cages, and the animals are pictured roaming free.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals had protested the cages depicted on the boxes, and the group sent a letter to Mondelez…

Wine took center stage at the 2018 Auction of Washington Wines at Chateau Ste. Michelle Aug. 16 through 18 where almost $4.2 million was raised to benefit Seattle Children’s Hospital’s uncompensated care fund, and also wine education and research at Washington State University.

The events included a winemaker picnic and barrel auction, a charity run, private winemakers dinners in various estates around the region and culminated with a glittering gala at Ste. Michelle. The gala drew well over…

The business will bring its healthy farm-to-table concept to California this year with its first store opening in Orange County, Calif., and plans for five more in the state over the next few years.

The Original Ninfa’s on Navigation is expanding to Blvd Place, a mixed-use development in Houston’s Galleria area.

The Mexican restaurant will open in late spring 2019 in the 6,326-square-foot space at 1700 Post Oak Blvd., #1-190, which was originally occupied by Peska, according to press releases from Legacy Restaurants and Blvd Place owner Whitestone REIT (NYSE: WSR). This location will be known as The Original Ninfa’s Uptown Houston.

“We have been looking for a premier location for…

Construction and renovation work on Main Street restaurant to start next month.

The home is much smaller than the 8,185-square-foot mansion Armstrong sold in June to Carey Smith, the entrepreneur behind Big Ass Fans. This one has three bedrooms and three bathrooms — and the high-profile cyclist purchased it under his own name instead of setting up a business or limited liability corporation, as is common with celebrity residential transactions.

Sweet Chow, a North Loop restaurant that highlights Southeastern Asian cuisine, has launched a unique addition: an ice cream shop.

Former FIKA Café pastry chef Kirsten Poppenhagen joined Sweet Chow to create a selection of house-made ice cream.

Sweet Chow opened in February, at 116 First Ave. N., and its menu is led by Chef John Krattenmaker. Poppenhagen worked with Krattenmaker when they were both chefs at FIKA Café in Minneapolis, and they became good friends. Krattenmaker said it's always…