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Coca-Cola is once again catering to Millennial nostalgia with its latest Burger King partnership.

The Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) is reviving its sugar-rush brand Surge for its popular Coca-Cola Freestyle machines nationwide inside the burger chain owned by Restaurant Brands International Inc. (NYSE: QSR).

The citrus-flavored soda surged in popularity in the ‘90s, thanks to its extreme-themed ad campaign and ultra-caffienated ingredients. Coke premiered the brand in 1996 and discontinued it…

Local restaurant group Jester Concepts and its culinary director Mike DeCamp are opening a new restaurant in the former space of fine-dining haven La Belle Vie, where DeCamp cooked for years.

The group plans to open a meat-centric concept in the 510 Groveland Ave. space, Jester announced Thursday. The group plans to add in a second bar to the dining room and make minor updates to the lounge, with Jester's bar director Jesse Held heading the cocktail program.

Mpls.St. Paul Magazine has more details…

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True Made Foods is raising $2 million to expand into food service and retail.
The company substitutes vegetables for the sugar found in popular condiments.
The business just went live in 410 Walmart locations and is preparing to launch a new product.

A local condiment company is raising $2 million to sweeten your sauces with your kids’ worst enemy: vegetables.

That’s the not-so-secret ingredient in a growing product line from Alexandria-based True Made Foods, a 3-year-old…

Customers like having Wendy’s delivered to their doorstep.

The Ohio-based restaurant chain said Wednesday that delivery — through DoorDash in the U.S. and Skip the Dishes in Canada — is expanding faster than expected and now is offered in 40 percent of its North American units.

On an Aug. 8 conference call with stock analysts, Wendy's CEO Todd Penegor said customer acceptance is good and that average checks are as much as double the typical Wendy’s receipt, while customer satisfaction…

Georgia bakery company Flowers Foods Inc. said Wednesday a salmonella scare that caused a voluntary recall has caused it to revise its financial outlook for 2018.

On July 18, Flowers (NYSE: FLO) said that, as a precautionary measure, it was voluntarily recalling Swiss Rolls sold under the brand names Mrs. Freshley's, Food Lion, H-E-B, Baker's Treat, Market Square, and Great Value, distributed nationwide, and Captain John Derst's Old Fashioned Bread distributed in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North…

Coca-Cola is once again catering to millennial nostalgia with its latest Burger King partnership.

The Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) is reviving its sugar-rush brand Surge for its popular Coca-Cola Freestyle machines nationwide inside the burger chain owned by Restaurant Brands International Inc. (NYSE: QSR).

The citrus-flavored soda, well, surged in popularity in the 1990s, thanks to its extreme-theme ad campaign and ultra-caffeinated ingredients. Coke premiered the brand in 1996 and discontinued…

Saed and Sameh Wadi, the owners of World Street Kitchen and Milkjam Creamery, will open a second location of their popular ice cream parlor at the site of the south Minneapolis fixture Dave's Popcorn.

Milkjam announced the move Wednesday on Facebook, saying it planned to offer a menu of WSK-inspired hot dogs and (of course) ice cream.

The new eatery will debut this Sunday at 1848 E. 38th St. in Minneapolis. The name is still in the works; Sameh Wadi tells the Star Tribune that contenders include…

B Street Eats, the second concept launched by Maple Street Biscuit Company owners Scott Moore and Gus Evans, has permanently closed.

Originally launched in 2016 in St. Augustine, the concept served Latin-inspired lunch and dinner items such as pulled pork sandwiches and tostones. The original store was at a two-story building behind Maple Street's store in St. Augustine at 41 Cordova Street. A second B Street Eats location opened in spring 2017 at 1173 Edgewood Ave. in Murray Hill.

A sign on…

An entity associated with Lee Ellis — a founding partner of Cherry Pie Hospitality Inc. and its concepts State Fare, Star Fish, Pi Pizza, Lee’s Fried Chicken and Donuts, Lee’s Creamery and Petite Sweets — has been sued for allegedly violating its lease terms.

An entity called 250 W. 19th Realty Ltd. — which is the owner of 250 W. 19th St. according to records with the Harris County Appraisal District — filed a lawsuit in the Harris County 165th District Court on May 14 against 4 Boys…

Longing for sweater weather?

Starbucks has started a not-so-secret society devoted to all things fall.

Called the “Leaf Rakers Society,” it’s a Facebook group where fall fans can “constructively work together with Mother Nature to help Autumn arrive earlier in the calendar year,” Eater reports.

Starbucks announced the campaign on Twitter.

The group describes itself as a “safe place for a) pumpkins b) year-round scarf-wearers c) those who would rather work on their Halloween costume…