Jan Cottingham
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For Slim Chickens, Key Words Now Are React, Adjust
Tom Gordon, CEO and co-founder of the fast-casual restaurant chain Slim Chickens describes the strategy that helped the company weather the COVID-19 pandemic. → Read More
7 Brew's Cup Overflows
The fast-growing, Fayetteville-based coffee chain plans to open 200 stores by the end of 2023. → Read More
Lawsuit Asks To See Records Of 7 Brew
A Delaware company linked to the founder of Jimmy John's sandwich chain, who was described in 2021 as an investor in 7 Brew Coffee, has sued the parent company of the coffee chain asking to view the company's books. → Read More
7 Brew Coffee's Growth Encompasses US
The Fayetteville-based chain's expansion was supercharged two years ago with a major investment from a couple of heavy hitters in the restaurant industry. → Read More
Wright Bringing Texas Taste to LR
Jordan Wright of Wright's Barbeque hopes to open his Little Rock location next summer. → Read More
AMFA's Restaurant Prepares to Open with the Museum Next Spring
Victoria Ramirez, executive director of the museum, gave details on the new restaurant inside the redesigned AMFA. → Read More
After Disaster, Cache Restaurant Gets a Facelift and a New Venue
The downtown restaurant has been closed since July for renovations, but has big plans for the future. → Read More
Origami Sake Brewery to Open in Hot Springs
Using Arkansas' abundant rice and natural spring water, the sake brewery now under construction is the first of its kind in the state. → Read More
Pork: Local, Delivered and Fit for a Queen
The Perry County farm bringing pasture-raised pork to your local farmers market and now, your doorstep. → Read More
Timber Surge Fuels $309M in Mill Updates
What's behind this surge in announced sawmill updates and expansions? Historically high lumber prices. → Read More
Owners See Breckenridge Village As ‘Restaurant-centric' Destination
Restaurants both local and national have expressed interest in the center, said Jim Keet, chairman of JTJ Restaurants of Little Rock. → Read More
White Water: What They Did for Love
The pandemic shut down the iconic haunt in March 2020, and in the spring of 2021, rumor circulated that it was not going to reopen. A local couple stepped up to keep it from disappearing. → Read More
‘Flexibility' Is Job One for Hospitality Employers
The Arkansas hospitality industry, like industries across the United States, has worked hard to recruit and retain workers in the tightest labor market in decades. → Read More
Travelers, Projects Taking Off at LIT
Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic essentially halted passenger air travel, Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock is seeing travelers return to the skies — though traffic is not normal yet. → Read More
Serenity Now! Small Bakery, Big Recognition
Food & Wine Magazine recently recognized Serenity Farm Bread of Leslie for producing the best bread in Arkansas. It took only 30 years. → Read More
Plans Confirmed for New Food-Hall Style Restaurant in Little Rock's East Village
Fidel Samour, owner of Fidel & Co. in Little Rock, is behind the project. → Read More
Montine McNulty to Retire as CEO of Arkansas Hospitality Association
Montine McNulty, CEO of the Arkansas Hospitality Association since 1996, will retire effective Dec. 31, she said in a statement released Monday. → Read More
As Sales Signal Rebound, Arkansas Brewers Discuss Lessons Learned
If philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was right — if, in fact, that which does not kill us makes us stronger — then the Arkansas craft brewers who weathered the pandemic storm of 2020 appear to be tackling 2021 in good shape. → Read More
Anthony Timberlands Sets Record For 2020, Aided by Lumber Prices
2020 was the best year in Anthony Timberlands' history, and this year is shaping up to surpass that, said Steve Anthony, president of the company, based in Bearden. → Read More
Ottenheimer Market Hall Makes Return in River Market
At Ottenheimer Market Hall in the River Market, four vendors failed to survive the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, but perhaps more surprising — considering that the hall's doors were closed for more than a year — is that 11 vendors have returned. → Read More