Restaurants first came under the microscope about a decade ago, during the #MeToo period. They were identified, fairly or not, as an industry where hot-headed chefs degraded and exploited workers.
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A decade ago, TCB took a 10,000-foot look into Sun Country Airlines, which had new management and was looking for growth and profitability. The then-32-year-old carrier had spent most of
The Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) announced Thursday that it has begun work on an expansion of Terminal 2 that will bear fruit this fall with two new gates followed by
Last weekend’s nascent Minnesota Yacht Club Festival brought roughly 35,000 people to downtown St. Paul’s Harriet Island both Friday and Saturday. The event was well-reviewed from a music and sound
On May 21, Amtrak debuted a second train in the St. Paul–Chicago market. Initial ridership was encouraging, prompting a wave of media attention turning all sorts of supposition into fact,
Lund Food Holdings announced a reduction of operations at its store in downtown St. Paul at 10th and Robert, effective July 15. In a news release, Lunds & Byerlys announced
I have a lifelong friend, Trevor, who owns a franchise. He ended up there indirectly, spending his early career managing divisions for retailers. But disruptions in those niches kept putting him
Sun Country Airlines on Friday announced a substantial reduction in scheduled passenger operations for 2025. The airline has seen the environment for passenger flights worsen since winter’s end—the result of
The grocery industry is one of the oldest trades in existence. Grocery stores may look similar to the ones you frequented as a kid, but in the last 20 years
You’ve perhaps read a lot about the settlement between realty firms and plaintiffs in a group of regional lawsuits. Breathless media coverage has forecast changes in home prices, a shakeout
As the Minnesota Timberwolves get set to begin the NBA’s Western Conference championship series tonight at Target Center, the playoff run — the team’s most prolonged since 2004 — has
Discussing the Walker Art Center is an endeavor steeped in paradox. Many consider it a museum, but it’s more than a repository of visual art. It’s a multidisciplinary center of
An ignored letter to a Minneapolis city councilmember (CM) opened a window into a worsening relationship between the area’s housing development community and elected officials, and spot-lit ominous prospects for
Teams have been known to close their stadiums’ upper decks to reduce costs when they simply can’t attract fans. The fan-challenged Oakland A’s and Tampa Bay Rays are obvious examples.
The collapse of the Timberwolves’ sale to the Lore/Rodriguez consortium this week is inevitably triggering to Wolves’ fans, waiting for the other shoe to drop after a catastrophic injury to
Ben Graves, CEO of Graves Hospitality Corp., has a diverse perspective on the hospitality industry. Graves operates nine hotels in the Twin Cities and several U.S. markets, plus has been
The Minnesota Timberwolves released a statement Thursday morning announcing their sale to entrepreneur Marc Lore and baseball legend Alex Rodriguez had collapsed and the team “was no longer for sale.”
Pediatrician Michael Hobbs quit his job last April, leaving the independent practice Pediatric Services in St. Louis Park. His personal practice there included 2,000 patients. He now works out of