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Hospitality group owner sells East Village bar Bellhop in shift to sole ownership

Des Moines Register: A Downtown Des Moines tropical getaway is getting new ownership. Nick Tillinghast, owner of Des Moines Does Things hospitality group, announced that he sold the group’s East Village bar Bellhop. Tillinghast did not …

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Wages for restaurant/bar workers rising at a fast rate

INTERACTIVE MAP of Iowa food service employment, wages: Click on a county in the map above to see the number of people employed in Iowa’s restaurants and bars in the third quarter of 2019 and 2021 and …

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Fareway pledges $2M for Boone wellness center

Boone City Council member Steven Ray speaks during Thursday’s announcement that Fareway is pledging $2 million toward the construction of a new wellness center in the community. Photo by Michael Crumb

BOONE – Saying it would …

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Introducing: The Drake Business Clinic

Drake University is busy taking its entrepreneurial education program to the next level, under the leadership of a serial entrepreneur and change-maker, Bill Adamowski.

Adamowski was recruited to Drake in early 2020 — shortly before the…
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Kum & Go selling convenience store property in Drake area

The Kum & Go convenience store at 2211 University Ave. will close on Feb. 16 and the property will be sold, company officials announced. Photo courtesy of Google

Kum & Go plans to close its convenience …

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New restaurant to Des Moines area hiring workers

Tupelo Honey Cafe, which is opening in downtown Des Moines on March 22, is hosting a hiring fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each weekday through Feb. 25 at the Des Moines Marriott Downtown Hotel, 700 …

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Kum & Go reimagines itself as a ‘restaurant that sells gas’

Axios Des Moines: There’s Panera, Chipotle … and then there’s Kum & Go. The Des Moines company is reimagining itself as a “restaurant that serves gas,” instead of a “gas station that serves food.” As the …

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Casey’s asks for law change, so teens can roll out pizza

Radio Iowa: Iowa-based Casey’s General Stores — the country’s fourth-largest pizza chain — is asking the Iowa Legislature to let 16- and 17-year-olds run the machines that roll out the pizza dough. “Casey’s, like any other …

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Survey: Inflation rears its head as small business owners’ biggest headache

More than 1 in 5 small business owners nationally say inflation is the most important problem they encounter in running their companies, according to a monthly survey conducted by the National Federation of Independent Business.  …

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A Closer Look: Adrian Butler

Adrian Butler’s career has always centered on technology and using it creatively to build value. After growing up on a farm in Louisiana, Butler said that Casey’s customers reflect himself and how he was raised, and …