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A Denver company's technology will enable coffee drinkers to find out exactly where their coffee's beans were harvested, down to the coffee farmer who harvested the bean.

Denver startup bext360 designed technology that when used at the Ugandan coffee farm, tracks the coffee from the farmer right down to when it's sold at one of Coda Coffee's locations around Denver.

Consumers scan a unique QR code provided on each 12-ounce bag of coffee sold at Coda Coffee to find out the coffee's history.

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Livongo Health, a startup led by Chicago entrepreneur Glen Tullman, has acquired Chicago startup Retrofit.

Livongo announced Tuesday that it has bought Retrofit, maker of weight-management and disease-prevention programs, for an undisclosed price. The acquisition comes on the heels of Livongo’s $105 million fundraise last week.

The consumer digital health company helps people manage diabetes and other chronic health conditions. Founded in 2014, the startup is based in Mountain View but has…

Could a local craft brewer buy another local craft brewer?

That would be a first for the Columbus market and it’s an idea that Lenny Kolada floats in the latest edition of our News & Brews video series. He acknowledges that it’s a thought he’s had before and wonders whether, as the market evolves, there might be opportunities for collaborative deals?

It’s one of myriad topics the energetic and opinionated Kolada covers in this session. Also discussed? What makes Kolada want to throw up…

FreshBox Farms aims to expand into the Austin, San Antonio and Houston markets selling leafy greens such as spinach, kale and romaine lettuce that are produced in hydroponic facilities.

The Twin Cities' Surly Brewing Co. said Friday it will move one of its major events, Surly Darkness Day, to the Somerset Amphitheater in Somerset in St. Croix County.

The combination beer-release and heavy-metal music festival has been held just before Halloween at Surly's Brooklyn Center, Minn., location since 2007, when Surly debuted the imperial stout-style beer. It often draws nearly 5,000 people. But Surly ran out of the room it needed to expand the event.

“Cramming that many people…

There’s gold in those wine boxes, whether sweet or dry, white or red.

Work to transform a 120-acre former golf course into the new Houston Botanic Garden is about to being.

Houston Botanic Garden announced April 16 that it completed the terms of its agreement with the city of Houston and began its lease at the former Glenbrook Park Golf Course on April 2. The first phase of the project's master plan, dubbed “Botanic Beginnings,” is expected to open in late 2020, according to an April 16 press release. The site is along Sims Bayou off Interstate 45 between William…

The former Starbucks executive is applying some of her experience from the coffee giant at the fast-growing healthy food restaurant chain.

All it takes is an internet connection and the swipe of a finger on an app like Grubhub or EatStreet, and a consumer can get a hot meal delivered from virtually any restaurant to their doorsteps in an hour.

As more consumers spend more of their money online, it's no surprise the online food ordering and delivery industry has exploded throughout the U.S. And in Milwaukee, it's no different: services like Uber Eats, DoorDash and Seamless have flooded the market, presenting diners with expanded and…

Davis-based private equity firm AGR Partners was the lead investor in a $75 million equity financing round by Santa Rosa-based Vintage Wine Estates, the marketer and distributor of wine brands including B. R. Cohn Winery, Clos Pegase Winery and Sonoma Coast Vineyards.

Vintage Wine has been acquiring wine brands for more than a decade to bring them under one roof for marketing, distribution and sales. The $75 million it raised will fund more acquisitions of wineries and brands, Vintage said in a…