by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Steve Trolinger bought 119 wooded acres in rural Benton County Dec. 11 from Rachel T. Coler for $750,000. The land is full of turkeys and deer and Trolinger, publisher of…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Mike Hill, through his parent company Rebel Enterprises Inc., refinanced Dec. 21 the property occupied by Custom Embroidering Inc. and Vicenza’s Restaurant in Fayetteville. Vicenza’s, which occupies lots 15 and…
