Yum Brands CEO David Gibbs announced Monday that he plans to retire from the company in the first quarter of 2026. Gibbs, who earned an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, is […]
Phillip Opie Kirby, owner of Finnigan’s Wake, took to Facebook announcing the wildly popular Irish pub in downtown Winston-Salem that he founded and operated for the past 15 years is closing permanently. The announcement comes […]
RALEIGH – The continuing trouble employers are having to fill the jobs gap in the state economy has business leaders and state legislators searching for the right mix of incentives and talent. Advertisements for jobs […]
NEW YORK — Thousands of restaurants and bars decimated by the COVID-19 outbreak have a better chance at survival as the government begins handing out $28.6 billion in grants ¬— money to help these small […]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — After a pandemic-fueled boom, U.S. pizza sales appear to be headed back to earth. Domino’s and Papa John’s pizza chains both said Thursday that their same-store sales lost steam in the […]
RALEIGH — A bill filed in the North Carolina House seeks to help bars and clubs kept closed by Gov. Roy Cooper’s pandemic executive orders by extending permit deferrals. House Bill 4, titled Extend ABC […]
Earlier this month, Gov. Roy Cooper appeared on national cable news touting how he closed North Carolina bars to fight the spread of COVID-19. The problem is most bars in North Carolina are open — Cooper has singled […]
Even with cities like New York relaxing rules for dining in, sales figures from chains like McDonalds and Domino’s Pizza on Thursday suggest that most people continue to favor keeping their distance. Comparable-store U.S. sales […]
RALEIGH — Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) held a roundtable at the Angus Barn in Raleigh to discuss the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, with concerned restaurant owners. Angus Barn owners Van Eure and Steve Thanhauser […]
TAMPA, Fla. — La Tropicana Cafe has been a cornerstone of Tampa’s historic Latin-influenced Ybor City neighborhood since the 1960s, well known as a gathering spot where movers and shakers and even mobsters mixed with […]
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