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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 …

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Des Moines Budweiser distributor fined for illegal sponsorship at Drake

Des Moines Register: Doll Distributing, a Des Moines beer wholesaler that sells Budweiser products, has been fined $225,000 for an illegal beer sponsorship with Drake University Athletics. The company had a $49,500 contract with Drake University …

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Principal CEO: Return to ‘new normal’ requires in-person return to workplaces

Any return to a “new normal” in the modern economy should include a return by most employers to in-person workplaces, said Dan Houston, Principal Financial Group’s president and CEO, the Corridor Business Journal reported. Houston spoke Wednesday …

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Survey: Small business owners driven to the brink by Omicron

Small business owners are being pushed to the brink with an unprecedented set of challenges hurting their bottom line, according to new national survey data released Monday by Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Voices, the Corridor …

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Mad Meatball returning to downtown Des Moines

Mad Meatball, a popular pizzeria that had been located in East Village, is opening at 4 p.m. today in its new location in street-level space at Linc at Gray’s Station at 210 S.W. 11th St. …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: How one city learned to love Amazon

We see it here in central Iowa: The growth of Amazon’s presence on the marketplace. In another community, on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, they’re seeing the effects, too. In the old market …