Food

We’ve gotten accustomed to being able to find the foods we want no matter the season. Does our picky toddler request strawberries in the dead of winter? No problem. Can we make a recipe that calls for butternut squash in…

The past year has seen the largest increase in grocery prices since 1979 at 13.5%. A recent survey by TradingPedia studied food prices in the United States – during these troubled times of inflation, an energy crisis and war in…

Marcio Veiga spent over 30 years enjoying the scent of clean clothes, as the owner of the Max Cleaners dry cleaning business. But since 2020, he’s been enjoying tastier aromas, as the head of the popular Brazilian restaurant Cafe Bossa…

A passion for pizza has driven John Iriana his entire life. The New Hampshire native was living in Rhode Island when he worked at his first pizza joint at 15 years old, and by the time he was 23, he…

Eighteen Arkansas-based companies earned a spot in Inc. Magazine’s recently released list of America’s fastest-growing, privately-owned companies.  Highest among the Arkansas companies is Hughes Technology and its SmartData Dashboard out of Mountain Home, ranked at No. 89. Hughes Technology is…

Springdale-based global food giant, Tyson Foods, released its third quarter 2022 report on Aug. 8, showing a decrease in operating income for the quarter, overall gains and debt reduction for the year, and an improving chicken segment.  “We delivered solid…

Fun on a Bun: The Business of Burgers   It used to be that the term “hamburger economy” referenced hard times, down markets and a general tightening of the belt for consumers. And while that may feel familiar in the…

Amanda Elston is a woman who knows how to work hard. She spent years putting in 100-hour weeks alongside her husband, doing everything from setting up natural gas drilling fields and doing roustabout work to constructing metal buildings, selling oil…

FORGE, Inc., the oldest revolving community loan fund in Arkansas, is partnering with Cureate, a maker of city-specific educational programs, to offer three free 10-week courses focused on helping small business owners looking to expand into Northwest Arkansas.  The courses…

Clay Waliski has been surrounded by great barbecue for his entire life. The 39-year-old owner of Nick’s Bar-B-Q and Catfish in Carlisle, Arkansas, entered the world when the roadside restaurant was already 11 years old, having been started by his…