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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: How providing online grocery shopping is affecting traditional grocery store customers

When Whole Foods Market began in Austin, Texas, in 1980, it was a place where shoppers could browse through a selection of natural foods at their leisure.

Today the company, bought by Amazon.com in 2017, …

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Founder of Happy Joe’s Pizza, Joe Whitty, dies

Des Moines Register: The founder of Happy Joe’s Pizza & Ice Cream died Tuesday in Bettendorf. “Happy” Joe Whitty was 82. Whitty founded the ice cream and pizza chain in Davenport on Nov. 16, 1972. It …

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‘Survivor’ headlines Small Business Success Summit

Former “Survivor” competitor Holly Hoffman, an author and motivational speaker, will be one of the featured speakers at this year’s Small Business Success Summit to be held Nov. 8 at the FFA Enrichment Center at …

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Von Maur exploring leasing former Younkers space at Jordan Creek instead of building new store

Von Maur, the Davenport-based department store chain known for its live piano music, is exploring whether to lease existing unoccupied space at Jordan Creek Town Center rather than build a new facility, the West Des …

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Eddie Bauer Outlet opening in Altoona mall

Eddie Bauer Outlet, an outdoor brand known for its apparel, footwear and other accessories, will open a story in the Outlets of Des Moines in November, the Altoona-based mall announced. Also opening in November is …

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Kum & Go plans its first urban convenience store in downtown Des Moines

Des Moines Register: Kum & Go will open an urban convenience store in downtown Des Moines, a new concept for the locally-owned gas station chain. Its 3,000-square-foot store will be located in the renovated Edna M. …

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Austin-based dine-in movie chain will likely anchor Court Avenue commercial development

A rendering by architects Solomon Cordwell Buenz shows the five-story commercial building planned at Fifth and Court avenues. Developer Justin Mandelbaum is in negotiations with an Austin, Texas, movie chain to anchor the project. Rendering special …

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Casey’s General Stores announces Tom Brennan as chief merchandising officer

Casey’s General Stores Inc. has named Tom Brennan as chief merchandising officer, the company announced today. Brennan joins Casey’s from CKE Restaurants Holdings Inc., the parent of fast-food chains Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, where he …

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Iowa leaders, farmers pleased but cautious about Trump’s China trade agreement

Des Moines Register: Iowa politicians, farmers and business leaders were cautiously optimistic about a Chinese trade agreement that President Donald Trump announced “in principle” Friday. But some said they wanted more specifics from the White House, …

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Kum & Go plans redevelopment of Drake convenience store

Kum & Go plans to tear down an aged convenience store and adjacent 107-year-old apartment building in the Drake neighborhood and build a modern marketplace store with eight fueling pumps.

The proposed project at 3104 …

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