Food

John Gilbert III

Famous Dave’s Profits Plummet 92% on Lower Sales

The restaurant chain’s first-quarter profits fell to $62,000 from $817,000 during the same period in 2012.

Granite City Is Delisted from the Nasdaq Exchange

The company said that the cost of expansion has made it difficult to meet Nasdaq’s listing requirements; beginning Friday, its shares will be traded on the OTCQB marketplace.

Prohibition

Where to Find Memorable Meals in Historic Buildings

If your out-of-town clients have a taste for things historic, treat them to a memorable meal in one of the Twin Cities’ storied landmark buildings.

Famous Daves

Famous Dave’s Outsources Pricing to Sauce Up Its Margins

What's Famous Dave's All-American-Feast worth to you? Oh, they know already.

The Kenwood

Dining Review: The Kenwood

A modest neighborhood restaurant offers a refreshing reset for the local dining scene.

Surly Destination Brewery

Surly Buys Land, Picks Builder for $20M Brewery

St. Paul-based McGough Construction, whose former projects include Twin Cities landmarks such as the Guthrie Theater and the Ordway Center, has been selected to build Surly’s so-called “destination brewery.”

Coffee cup

Caribou Owner Buys Another Coffee Co. for $9.8B

Joh. A. Benckiser has agreed to acquire D.E. Master Blenders 1753, marking its third major acquisition in the coffee and tea industry during the past year.

Crystal Sugar

Crystal Sugar Workers Ratify Contract, End Lockout


After rejecting essentially the same offer four times, 55 percent of voting union members on Saturday voted to ratify the contract and end a drawn-out, contentious labor dispute.

Closed sign

After Takeover, Caribou Closes 80 Stores, Rebrands 88 Others

Just months after being taken private, Caribou Coffee is closing 80 locations in several markets; its new owner, meanwhile, will convert another 88 locations into Peet’s Coffee & Tea stores.

Crystal Sugar

ND Supreme Court Denies Crystal Sugar’s Rehearing

The North Dakota Supreme Court denied a request to reconsider its recent ruling, which deemed locked-out American Crystal Sugar workers eligible for unemployment benefits.

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