US Approves Chicken Made From Cultivated Cells, the Nation's First...
The move launches a new era of meat production aimed at eliminating harm to animals and drastically reducing the environmental impacts of grazing, growing feed for animals and animal waste.
View ArticleMemphis-Based City Silo to Open LR Location Before September
City Silo Table + Pantry, the Memphis-based mini-chain restaurant, is opening its first out-of-state location in Little Rock, at the Promenade at Chenal.
View ArticleSlim Chickens HQ Relocating
Tom Gordon, the CEO and founder of Slim Chickens, purchased the four-story 35,700-SF office building on East Millsap Road for $6.4 million.
View ArticleFood Distribution Sale Registers $13 Million (Real Deals)
4901 Asher Owner LLC, an affiliate of New York’s Box Equities, bought its namesake address from QFI-Little Rock AR LLC, an affiliate of Performance Food Group of Richmond, Virginia.
View ArticleArkansas Business Announces This Year's 20 in Their 20s Honorees
This year's honorees range from engineers and lawyers to rising stars in the financial sector.
View Article7 Brew Coffee Opens 100th Location
The company is celebrating the milestone with a $20,000 to the Children’s Hospital Miracle Network.
View ArticleWestrock Plant Renovation Grows to $300M Project; 850 New Jobs Expected
Westrock said the scope of the project has expanded "due to overwhelming response from customers."
View ArticleMcClard’s Owners Seek to Franchise
Veteran restaurateur Lee Beasley, whose Beasley Properties bought McClard’s in 2020, is franchising the restaurant, seeking to leverage the McClard’s legend but to preserve the qualities that made it a...
View ArticleArkansas Employment Data Called ‘Remarkable’
In the past four months, the number unemployed has fallen by 9,509.
View ArticleNo More Free Coffee on Your Birthday? Companies Rein in Customer Rewards...
Some experts say the cost of maintaining loyalty programs, as well as recent impacts of inflation and changes in consumer behavior since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, are among the reasons why...
View ArticleUS Hiring Slowed in June, but Stayed Solid
The latest evidence of economic strength makes it all but certain that the Fed will resume its interest rate hikes later this month after having ended a streak of 10 rate increases that have been...
View ArticleCentral Perk (Lance Turner Editor's Note)
Westrock Coffee Co.’s investment in central Arkansas is a big win on a few levels.
View ArticleFrom Beats to Brands: 50 Years of Hip-Hop (Jimmy Warren Commentary)
Hip-hop, now 50 years old, has had a powerful impact on business.
View ArticleRussia's Threat to Pull Out of Ukraine Grain Deal Raises Fears About Global...
Turkey and the U.N. negotiated the breakthrough accord last summer to ease a global food crisis, along with a separate agreement with Russia to facilitate shipments of its food and fertilizer.
View ArticleAs Whiskey and Bourbon Business Booms, Distillers Face Pushback Over Taxes...
Complaints include a destructive black "whiskey fungus," the loss of prime farmland and liquor-themed tourist developments that are more Disneyland than distillery tour.
View ArticleUS Wholesale Prices for June Point to Further Easing of Inflation Pressures
The government's producer price index — which measures inflation before it reaches consumers — rose just 0.1% last month from June 2022, the smallest such increase since August 2020. And from May to...
View ArticleHarps to Acquire Louisiana Grocery Store
Harps said the deal is expected to close by the end of July, and it will retain Janise’s staff to ensure a smooth transition to new ownership.
View ArticleEats and Clean Streets Initiative Spreads Outreach
The initiative, dedicated to educating Arkansas business about litter prevention, has spread to over 100 Arkansas towns.
View ArticleRussia Halts Grain Export Deal, a Blow to Global Food Security
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia would suspend the Black Sea Grain Initiative until its demands to get its own food and fertilizer to the world are met.
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