Tag: NWABJ

High-end amenities ample

Residential real estate sales ace Meza Harris said the residential market shifted upscale in 1999. Previously, the sale of a $350,000 to $400,000 home was considered a rarity around area…

Panama, Asia New Frontiers for Tyson International

Tyson Foods Inc. in Springdale exports its poultry products to 57 different markets, but until March it only had production facilities in the United States and Mexico. That changed Feb….

Cobb-Vantress Inc., the wholly-owned Tyson Foods subsidiary, is no stranger to Asia. The broiler-breeder operator celebrated March 17 as the 35th anniversary of its partnership with Vitarich Corp. in Bulacan,…

Airport Finds $7.68 Solution

Officials await mid-year stats to know if creative-financing plan is paying off Luring the five airlines from Fayetteville’s Drake Field to the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport was easy. Officials at…

American Power Muscles Valve into Poultry Market

American Power & Supply Co. is the “Hans and Frans” of the Arkansas poultry industry. Like the Saturday Night Live body builder characters who are famous for wanting to “pump…

Cages Capture Market

Siloam plant has alternative solution It may not be a better mousetrap, but Alternative Design Inc. of Siloam Springs has built a better cage for the rodent. The 13-year-old business,…

Restaurants Break Sales Records ?? Again

In what seems to have become an annual ritual, Fayetteville restaurants once again set all-time sales records for the year. City tax records indicate Red Lobster brought in $3 million…

Ruby Tuesday

1402 S. Walton Blvd. Bentonville Although it’s obviously a hot spot for lunch in Bentonville, we weren’t impressed with the fare at Ruby Tuesday. The first thing we noticed is…

Could Technology Make State Poorer?

Could it be that technology-induced changes underway in the economy are going to lead to the rich getting still richer while the poor get poorer? Issues of equitability aside, I…

Scholarships Plug Drain, but at What Cost to UA?

A record number of University of Arkansas students — about 800 — are currently attending college on Chancellor’s Scholarships. That’s about nine times the number of Chancellor’s Scholars that were…

DinnerKits

Owner: Leilani Schweitzer Address: 725 Vandeventer St., Fayetteville 72701 Phone: 501-973-9259 Hours: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday Start-up date: Jan. 15 Kids will have to find another way to…

The Potty House

Owner: Ross Odom Address: 3210 Howard Nickell Road, Fayetteville 72704 Phone: 501-443-0434 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday Start-up date: March 1 As construction sites continue to pop up…

Massage Health & Wellness Clinic

Owner: Kathy England Address: 125 E. Township Road, Suite 3, Fayetteville 72703 Phone: 501-443-5092 Hours: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday- Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday Start-up…

KKIX Back on Top in Arbitron Ratings

Country music radio station KKIX-FM took the top spot in the fall Arbitron ratings after losing that position last spring to KMCK-FM, Power 105.7, for the first time in 15…

Mooty Hired as Associate Editor

Kyle Mooty has been named associate editor of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. Mooty, a native of Marion, Ala., has 20 years of media experience. He has worked in five…

UA to Host Seminar for Business Reporters

The University of Arkansas will host a seminar titled “Fundamentals of Business and Economics Reporting” from March 30 through April 1 at the Donald W. Reynolds Center on campus. Jack…

Whose Times Is It Anyway?

The Benton County Daily Record and Northwest Arkansas Times had a story-sharing agreement even before the Daily Record’s parent company, Community Publishers Inc., purchased the Times last year. However, after…

Tyson Still Tops Among Area?s Poultry Big Boys

From pluckers to planes, Springdale company’s employee base is a large and diverse one The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal poultry company rankings remain essentially unchanged for Northwest Arkansas firms from…

Simmons First National Corp.

Directors of Simmons First National Corp., based in Pine Bluff, recently hiked the bank’s quarterly dividend to 19 cents per share. Payable April 3 to shareholders of record as of…

Nursing Centers Refinanced by Partners

Tommy and Jodi Holland and Richard P. and Nancy E. Osborne consolidated and refinanced the loans on their six nursing homes Nov. 19 with a $12.1 million loan from Bank…

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson