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Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods are among the companies racing to tap into the massive U.S. market of meat eaters by more closely mimicking the taste of beef than vegetarian patties of the past. Here's what you might want to know before taking a bite.

Just days after confirming that it sold its stake in Beyond Meat, Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale said it would launch its own meatless protein products this summer.

Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale announces plans to build a $300 million meat packaging plant in Utah that will initially employ 800 people.

Shortly after Walmart opened its first Supercenters with food markets in 1988, top executives began to see groceries as the retail titan’s future bread and butter. Now Walmart is America’s biggest grocery seller, and food is becoming ammunition in the Bentonville company’s online duel with Amazon.

Kappa Realty LLC, led by Chris Robertson, purchased the 17.6-acre home of the Riverdale Shopping Center at 2500-2610 Cantrell Road from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock.

The Dallas company that purchased the AT&T building at 111 W. Capitol Ave. in Little Rock says AT&T will vacate the property in July to make way for a full renovation.

Thrive Argenta LLC, led by Rob Coleman, sold its namesake project at 501 Magnolia St. to an ownership group divided among four entities.

A bankruptcy judge in New York last week approved Windstream Holdings Inc.’s request to use up to $24 million for bonuses for executives.

Museums need to supply “social space,” says famed architect Jeanne Gang. If they are to survive, they need to be places where people want to be. And that is what her design seeks to do for the expanded, renovated Arkansas Arts Center, a $98.8 million project: provide a “cultural living room.”

The $58 million Embassy Suites by Hilton Hotel and Red Wolf Convention Center at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro is set to open in late September.

Walk-On’s Bixtreaux & Bar, a Cajun-themed restaurant/sports bar co-owned by NFL All-Pro Quarterback Drew Brees, closed Thursday on its $1.37 million purchase of approximately two acres of land at Lewis Ranch in Conway.

City officials and economic development leaders touted Conway's individuality while celebrating its role as part of a larger metropolitan region.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross presents Safe Foods Corp. of North Little Rock with the President’s "E" Award for Exports at a ceremony in Washington.

A Fayetteville investor paid $7.4 million for a 6-acre office complex on East Joyce Boulevard that is anchored by Fayetteville’s Social Security Administration branch.

Cheba Hut, a marijuana-themed sandwich shop chain, is coming to Arkansas, and no one you know will be able to resist the puns its arrival will engender.

Shortly after the Fourth of July, Conway will be getting a second PattiCakes Bakery, the popular purveyor of pies, cakes, cookies and more located at 2106 Robinson Ave.

Kim Eskew, CEO of Harps Food Stores Inc. of Springdale, wants his company to be in a position to handle whatever happens in the grocery sector.

Slim Chickens, based in Fayetteville, is making its debut on the list of 75 Largest Private Companies in Arkansas at No. 75, with $100 million in revenue in 2018.

The departures of five companies that were acquired in the past year made room at the bottom of the list for companies that had not made the cutoff last year — or ever. The price of entry to the list? $100 million

American consumers felt more confident this month, shrugging off a rocky stock market and heightened trade tensions between the United States and China.

How New Plant-Based Burgers Compare to Beef

Tyson Foods to Launch Meatless Protein Products This Year

Tyson Foods to Build $300M Plant, Employ 800 in Utah

Walmart Challenges Amazon with Grocery Delivery

Riverdale Shopping Center Land Sold for $8.3M

New Owners to Redevelop 10-Story AT&T Building in Little Rock

New Ownership Moves Into NLR’s Thrive Argenta (Real Deals)

Bankruptcy Judge OKs Windstream Bonuses

Arkansas Arts Center 'A Gem Within Our City'

Red Wolf Convention Center Plans September Open in Jonesboro

Walk-On's Buys Land in Conway for First Arkansas Restaurant

Conway Takes Stock of Success, Role in Region

Safe Foods Gets National Award for Export Work

Social Security Complex Sells for $7.4M (NWA Real Deals)

Cheba Hut Sets Sights on Arkansas

PattiCakes Bakery to Open Second Location in Conway

Harps Delivers Another Positive Year

Shared Vision Propels Slim Chickens’ Growth

Acquisitions Alter List of 75 Largest Private Companies in Arkansas

US Consumer Confidence Hits Highest Level Since November