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Food giant Conagra Brands Inc., which bought Angie's Artisan Treats and its Boomchickapop popcorn brand last year, is closing the company's Minneapolis offices and shifting jobs to other cities.

A spokesman for Chicago-based Conagra (NYSE: CAG) said about 60 employees from Angie's Boomchickapop Loring Park-area offices will be affected as that work moves to Chicago and Omaha. “We are providing severance support as people leave the company,” Dan Hare wrote in an email.

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Diners like the convenience and affordability of fast-food and fast-casual restaurants, a trend that shows no sign of slowing. Many chains have a presence across the country as they continue to expand. Here is a quick look at stories about the leading brands in the industry as recently reported by The Business Journals and other media.

Breakfast just got better for donut dippers, because new Donut Fries put the dunkin’ in Dunkin’ Donuts (Nasdaq: DNKN). Donut Fries are individual pieces of…

Donald Pascual started out working with high explosives on the Big Island at a young age but found the work labor intensive and short on fun. His license for high explosives could also be used for fireworks, so in the 1980s, he reached out to John Tsutsumi, then owner of Hawaii Fireworks on Oahu, who brought him aboard and taught him the trade.

Seven years later, in 1991, Pascual purchased the business and its equipment from Tsutsumi, who was looking to retire. He renamed it Hawaii Explosives and…

For over a year, Downtown Minneapolis steakhouse and bar Seven was open, but undergoing some form of construction.

Whether it was a quick revamp to the rooftop lounge, refining the first-floor steakhouse ambiance or recreating the second-floor's concept, the about 30,000-square-foot multi-level restaurant was in a state of flux. But in April, the second-floor restaurant Nam Nam finished its construction and marked the completion of the $1 million-plus renovations spearheaded by co-owners Ro Shirole…

The business of running a winery in Wisconsin has its stumbling blocks, often including weathering Mother Nature and navigating regulatory roadblocks.

In a step that pushes Yards Brewing Co. closer to taking full advantage of its 70,000-square-foot Northern Liberties headquarters, the Philadelphia-based craft beermaker has added a canning line to its 5th and Spring Garden streets facility, where it is also now offering guided tours to the public.

“One of the reasons we had to move was for the canning line,” Yards founder and president Tom Kehoe told the Business Journal.

Leaving 901 Delaware Ave., the Yards Brewery & Taproom opened in November…

One Middletown gym is working to make a difference in the community by changing the city’s narrative through fitness.

Dedicated Motivated Fitness is housed in a 28,400-square-foot space that was once a vacant grocery store. The space features workout classes, a daycare area and traditional fitness equipment like ellipticals and free weights.

Although the gym has been fully operational at its new location at 2701 S. Breiel Blvd. for only four months, its clientele has grown over the years…

“Issues we may have thought bound us together as Americans, it turns out are dividing us.”