Manatee–Sarasota - Business Observer
5 天之前 · More than 275 Sarasota warehouse workers join union. Warehouse workers at UNFI are now part of the Teamsters Local 79. The Business Observer is the leading provider and most authoritative source of business and economic information affecting the Florida Gulf Coast from Tampa Bay to Naples.
Tampa Bay–Lakeland - Business Observer
6 天之前 · The entire Gulf Coast was impacted by the one-two punch of hurricanes Helene and Milton. We share stories from executives after the storms — and how they plan to make a comeback. The Business Observer is the leading provider and most authoritative source of business and economic information affecting the Florida Gulf Coast from Tampa Bay to ...
Look inside Tropicana plant reveals manufacturing operation with ...
2019年3月22日 · Look inside Tropicana plant reveals manufacturing operation with precise processes, staggering numbers Tropicana's plant in Bradenton processes about 4 billion oranges annually.
Fort Myers Beach forever changed as developers swoop in
2023年4月6日 · Key takeaway: Six months after Hurricane Ian, rebuilding Fort Myers Beach likely means some forever changes. Core challenge: Many of the homes and buildings that sustained the most damage were built before building codes were changed post Hurricane Andrew in 1992. What’s next: The massive rebuild of the beach community is in the infancy stage ...
Parent company's economic distress doomed 120-year Badcock …
2024年8月22日 · Badcock was founded 120 years ago when an English immigrant named Henry Stanhope Badcock opened a furniture store in Mulberry. According to a history of the company, Henry Stanhope ran the original store for 16 years before selling it to his son, Wogan, in 1920. Business was initially good.
Furniture company to lay off 101 Florida employees amid …
2024年7月29日 · Image via Badcock Furniture / Instagram. Florida. Furniture retailer W.S. Badcock LLC will lay off more than 100 workers at its headquarters in Polk County and launch sales at all of its stores as it prepares to go out of business. The developments come after parent company Conn’s HomePlus filed for bankruptcy July 23 in Texas.
Tampa General Hospital buys three medical centers for nearly …
2023年7月25日 · The acquisition indicates TGH sees a market in the growing bedroom community of Hernando County, which sits north of Pasco County and is part of the Tampa metropolitan region, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Community Health Systems says TGH paid $290 million for the 120-bed Brooksville hospital, the 128-bed Bravera Health Seven …
Florida inches closer to recreational marijuana with 2024 ballot ...
2024年1月4日 · A proposal that would legalize adult recreational cannabis use — and bring a massive influx of tax revenues — in Florida appears headed to the general election ballot in November. In less than a decade, nearly half the United States — 24 states plus Washington, D.C., and Guam — has opted to approve adult recreational use of marijuana ...
Developer's Pasco water world is largest man-made lagoon in US
2023年6月23日 · Tampa Bay-Lakeland. Metro Development Group has gone from first to largest — at least when it comes to lagoons. On the latter, the Tampa-based firm, which specializes in master-planned communities, officially opened a lagoon in Mirada, in Pasco County, in June. At 15 acres, the company says it’s the largest man-made lagoon in the country.
Beef over family fortune is nothing new for a Sarasota meat …
2021年7月3日 · The heirs of a Sarasota-based company with a widely known brand are in a big-time beef over the family fortune. The company is Boar’s Head, the meat and deli provisions company that’s been based in Sarasota, with an office on Main Street, for some 20 years. Adding more intrigue to the latest dispute, recently written about in law blogs and ...