CEO of Memphis-based paper company retires
The Memphis-based paper company Sylvamo announced Wednesday, April 16, CEO Jean-Michel Ribiéras will retire Dec. 31.
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Food NewsFood Files: New Sichuan restaurant, two wings eateries coming
A new Sichuan restaurant should open by the year’s end in East Memphis, Wings House expanded from Southaven and A1 Wings & Things opened its first location in Cordova.
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BusinessThis Pilates studio wants to help you evolve
Evolve Pilates will open Saturday, May 17, at 605 N. Second St. beside Groovy Gratitude.
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Transportation & Logistics EV drivers can fuel up at new charging hub
Chuck Hutton Toyota has opened its Electri-CITY Park, a public charging hub that also provides electric-vehicle drivers with an opportunity to get out, stretch their legs and grab a snack. Sheep also mow the lawn.
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Food NewsFood Files: 711 Social to open in former DeeO’s; new owners for Ryu Sushi
The company behind Petals of a Peony will open a new concept in a month, Ryu Sushi is in the process of transferring ownership, and Rise Southern Biscuits and Righteous Chicken will open in East Memphis this summer in the former City Silo in Sanderlin Center.
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Business Bush Sr.'s granddaughter speaks to Memphis women’s foundation
Lauren Bush Lauren, the CEO and founder of Feed, was the keynote speaker at a sold-out event at the Renasant Convention Center.
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Business Rhodes College students are finalists in national entrepreneur competition
Rhodes College students Sandy Mansour and Kai Virani have advanced to the finals of a national undergraduate entrepreneurship competition in Minneapolis.
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BusinessPool school: Mother-daughter team have taught kids to swim for decades
When she began offering swim lessons nearly 40 years ago, Holly Self had no idea she was starting a family legacy.
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Food NewsFood Files: Belly Acres Collierville opens, Bluff City Coffee Downtown closes
Belly Acres will open in Collierville on Saturday, May 3; Bluff City Coffee closed its Downtown location, and Highland Strip has added an Indian cuisine option.
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Transportation & LogisticsTime to get Real: Deadline for Real ID approaching real fast
Lines out the doors of driver services centers and clerk’s offices across Shelby County and beyond have stalled residents from getting a Real ID as the Wednesday, May 7, deadline gains.
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Transportation & Logistics Breeze announces new nonstop flight to Florida
Breeze representatives also celebrated the airline’s first flight today between Memphis and Tampa.
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Business South Korean company to double capacity at South Memphis facility
The company plans to nearly double its annual transformer output in the U.S. to over 250 units in two years, according to The Korea Economic Daily.
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Transportation & Logistics Delta launches nonstop flights to Austin
Delta is now offering eight destinations from Memphis and is working on a ninth.
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Food NewsTops reopens Summer location after systemwide look at safety
Tops Bar-B-Q addressed all the damage from an October fire at 3353 Summer Ave. but also took the opportunity to update other aspects of the circa 1960s building’s infrastructure.
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Food NewsFood Files: Desserts and dogs go together on Germantown Parkway
Two businesses with a shared heritage are operating out of a single storefront, a first for both.
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Food NewsBar Limina is ‘not here nor there’ — but it will be soon
When Bar Limina opens soon in the Edge District, it will include a rotating cast of guest bartenders to showcase “awesome creative work.”
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: Bar Limina’s Uncle T’s nightcap No. 2
One of Bar Limina’s eight specialty cocktails is a twist on a classic Negroni created by bar manager Jenna Abu-Khraybeh.
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Real EstateFormer Bed Bath & Beyond: Think beer, wine, liquor — not Trader Joe’s
But Ethan Edwards, the owner of what is going in there, The Station, hopes you won’t hold it against his business.
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Ford MegasiteFord tour shows BlueOval City rising in West Tennessee
The 3,600-acre, six-square-mile campus, where farmland was before May 2022, houses several buildings that will manufacture Ford’s next-generation electric pickup trucks and batteries.
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Business South Korean manufacturer announces $50M expansion at former Mitsubishi plant
The expansion will double the manufacturer’s capacity to produce a variety of power transformers and add more than 100 local hires to its 400 employees.
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Business Elon Musk-founded xAI could purchase large order of transformers
Transformers are used to run power plants and data centers, like the xAI supercomputer in Memphis, and the demand for these facilities is increasing in the U.S.
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Transportation & LogisticsBetter lighting, ‘car condos’ set to take off at Memphis airport parking lots
Upcoming construction will make parking a breeze at Memphis International Airport.
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Food NewsFood Files: Bahama Breeze closes, Second Line goes Hawaiian
A new coffee shop is opening in Midtown, and people may “Just Love” it.
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Real EstateRenovated Hotel Pontotoc expected to open this summer
The renovated European-style boutique hotel has been through many iterations, including a bordello, a bar, a recording studio and a bathhouse.
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Transportation & Logistics Allegiant offering Memphis to Knoxville nonstop flights
“With many University of Tennessee students and alumni based in Memphis, this route provides an affordable and fast alternative to driving,” said Michael Keeney, chairman of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority Board of Commissioners.
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