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Ames’ Cafe Beaudelaire wins title of Best Burger in Iowa

Des Moines Register: Cafe Beaudelaire in Ames today was named the home of the 2018 Best Burger in Iowa by the Iowa Beef Industry Council and the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association. Cafe B, as it is called …

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Fareway beefs up, freshens logo

Fareway grocery stores have long received high marks for their meat and produce departments, and now a new logo drives that message. The 80-year-old Fareway Stores Inc., based in Boone, has developed new graphics for …

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Ads in transit

Jeff Lamb and Aaron Steen have a plan to pull businesses out of obscurity by putting their names and products on the big blank slate provided by delivery trucks, semitrailers and buses.

They started Midwest …

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Younkers liquidation sale starts today

Des Moines Register: It’s the beginning of the end: Younkers’ liquidation sale starts today. Great American Group and Tiger Capital Group purchased Younkers and other Bon-Ton Inc. stores through a bankruptcy sale this week. There are …

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Younkers owner Bon-Ton heads to liquidation, sources say

Reuters: Bon-Ton Stores Inc., the bankrupt owner of Younkers and other regional department stores, will go out of business after the only bidders competing at the Monday start of its court-supervised auction were liquidators, two sources …

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Ankeny Glass rebrands as the Kitchen and Bath Co.

Ankeny Glass Inc. has rebranded with a new name, along with opening a recently completed showroom in Ankeny. The Kitchen and Bath Co., which specializes in providing materials and installation services for kitchen and bath remodels and …

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Altoona outlet mall to open four new stores this spring

Des Moines Register: Four new stores will open in the Outlets of Des Moines in Altoona this spring. American Eagle and Christopher & Banks are set to open in April, and Michael Kors Outlet and Lucky …

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Companies consider response to possible active shooters

The Des Moines Register surveyed representatives of 10 large businesses in the area to see how prepared they are to react if an active shooter invades their offices. The package also included this booklet from the federal government. …

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Casey’s will anchor new Urbandale business park

Casey’s General Stores Inc. will be the anchor convenience store at the 80-acre Centre Pointe Business Park, a mixed-use, infill development at the northwest corner of the Interstate 35/80 and 100th Street interchange in Urbandale. …

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Picks for your waiting-for-spring reading list

We, the Business Record newsroom, are not thrilled with the weather forecast for the next few days (low of 17 degrees Wednesday!), so we’ve looked for some items for you that are interesting and insightful …