by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Kisor’s Grill & Bakery
We found Kisor’s Grill & Bakery packed during one recent noontime visit — a not-uncommon situation for new restaurants. But, assuming Kisor’s food remains as good as it was during…
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Nominate for our Best in Class Awards
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
UA coaches top list of highest paid state employees
Two head coaches at the University of Arkansas topped the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s list of highest-paid state employees in Northwest Arkansas for fiscal 1998-99. Basketball coach Nolan Richardson will…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
UA farms out food service
On Jan. 1, 1998, the University of Arkansas hired Chartwells Inc. to run the Fayetteville campus’ $7.5 million annual food service operation. Chartwells is part of Compass International, the largest…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Ackerman has knack for financial planning
Tax Concepts Inc. in Fayetteville handles several hundred financial plans for a variety of companies and individuals across seven states. As a professional financial planning agency, the company caters to…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Malico way to go for busy businesses
For 10 years, Northwest Arkansas companies and institutions have contracted out with Mailco USA Inc. for their mail-service needs. The family owned business at 2729 N. Drake St. in Fayetteville…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Restaurants open, close, make palns for 1999
Because of changes in our columns during the holiday season last month, we haven’t published a food column since Dec. 14. So, now it’s time to try to catch up…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Supermarket closes
Barry Cooksey, owner of Barry’s IGA at 1408 S.W. “A” St. in Bentonville, plans to close the store this month after operating it since 1985. Cooksey says a grocery store…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
University helps develop alternative food source
Chinese bighead carp may sound like the name of an alternative rock band, but for the U.S. Department of Agricultural Research Service, it’s a business experiment. A highly preferred product…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Tyson all ears
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale has not officially placed its pork and seafood divisions on the sale block, but the company is exploring the option of divesting itself of everything…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Donrey shakeup
You may have heard about the top-management changes at Donrey Media Group in Fort Smith. Three of the top executives on the newspaper side announced they were retiring while another…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Size does matter
Work on Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s latest distribution center has barely begun and already the new facility has been supersized. It was originally supposed to be a 600,000-SF structure, but recently…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Sooner or Slater
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater flew into Fayetteville’s Drake Field for the Jan. 8 dedication of U.S. Interstate 540 instead of using the new Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport in…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Furr flies
With commercial airlines deserting Drake Field like rats from a sinking ship, Fayetteville city officials have decided to ax Rudy Furr, the marketing manager they hired two years ago to…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
CARMLS hot again
The Rogers Board of Realtors officially had Financial Business Systems equipment reinstalled at its offices Jan. 20 after voting to offer both FBS and CARMLS to its members. About 90…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Chouri-o
The Holiday Inn of Northwest Arkansas’s new general manager has arrived. Mike Chouri, who most recently was director of operations for another John Q. Hammons hotel, Chateau on the Lake…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Tobacco settlement alert
Looking for some of that $1.62 billion tobacco settlement money the state has coming for your own pet pork-barrel project? Forget it, buddy, unless you’re planning to do something useful…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Macerich buyout of mall complete
Macerich of Fayetteville’s $94 million buyout of the Northwest Arkansas Mall was finalized Dec. 14 A subsidiary of The Macerich Co. of Santa Monica, Calif., the local limited partnership purchased…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Braums melts loan for stores into one pot
A $44 million refinancing of 195 Braum’s Ice Cream and Dairy Stores across five Midwestern states included the company’s 13 eateries in Northwest Arkansas. The Dec. 16 transaction included both…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Lazenby refinances rental plexes en masse
Lazenby Properties of Fayetteville refinanced 408 rental units with a $12.6 million loan through Arkansas National Bank of Bentonville on Dec. 12. The low ratio loan was for around 68…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Rogers company busier than ever
Charlton Development Co. LLC of Rogers is working on a series of projects totaling $2.4 million that includes several developments that will service Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Mike Charlton, son of…