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Two facilities in China Grove are producing millions of pastries a week for national chains.

Customers can quit calling Velvet Ice Cream about spumoni and sherbet.

The Providence-based meal delivery service's new brick-and-mortar storefront provides prepared meals.

Welcome to Tuesday, loyal readers. It's National Hug a Newsperson Day, but I'll settle for a kind email. Here's what else you need to know today.

Let's start with fitness

Last year, I told you that The Exercise Coach would make its local debut with a site in Rocklin's Blue Oaks Town Center. The Illinois-based fitness franchise uses artificial intelligence and robotics to adjust its workouts to a customer's strengths and weaknesses in real time.

Update: The Exercise Coach is scheduled to open…

Mason-based Kings Island has named a new executive chef over all park eateries, as well as a new restaurant.

Software maker Poached found that a huge percentage of Portland restaurants had break-ins and vandalism at their businesses.

Luxury condominium development The Terminal at Katy Trail will welcome an all-new dining concept from Travis Street Hospitality – the restaurant group behind Knox Bistro and Le Bilboquet in Dallas – early next year.

A national smoothie and smoothie bowl chain will soon come to the Dayton region with two locations. The restaurant will create new healthy dining options in the area and create more jobs.

Travis Kelce announced he will host a music festival on NFL Draft weekend in Kansas City. Among the performers will be Machine Gun Kelly, Rick Ross and Tech N9ne.

The rock band that first revealed plans for the club will headline opening night.