Tag: Restaurants & Food

A Fare to Remember Relocates to Drake Field

Jayn and Paul Parenti, owners of A Fare to Remember catering company, have a new address, a new view and plenty of new and exciting business plans.

Catering Unlimited Tops Caterers List

Caterers in Northwest Arkansas handled 3,865 events in 2007, a 14.5 percent increase from the 2006 total of 3,376.

Pleasant Grove Carwash Changes Ownership Groups (Real Deals)

Harold W. Hamlin, through his Pleasant Grove Car Wash LLC purchased Boomerang Car Wash at 2000 Pleasant Grove Rd. in the Pleasant Crossing development in south Rogers from Rogers Pleasant Crossing Carwash LLC for $3 million.

Flying Burrito Co. Owners Spread Wings, Fly North

Flying Burrito Co. founders opened their third full-service location on May 6 and will open a fourth location in Bentonville in June.

Restaurateurs Struggle to Reconcile With Rising Prices

Area restaurant owners are learning to deal with rising commodity and fuel costs while trying to avoid increasing meal costs.

Mathews Brothers Brew Cafe Concept

Bill and Walter Mathews, who own and operate 31 McDonald’s in the region, are investing millions to upgrade their stores, incorporating the McCafe concept of specialty coffee drinks.

LiveLight Crafts 3D Video for McDonald’s

LiveLight, a Rogers-based full-service advertising and marketing company, just finished a 3D video for McDonald?s Corp. to promote Destination 10, the company?s initiative to introduce a new ergonomic, modular, sustainable kitchen plan.

LiveLight Creates Multidimensional Marketing

It looks like there?s a good chance there will be more 3D productions in the future for the folks at LiveLight. They are negotiating a job to create another 3D video, this one for an installation at a new international airport in Qatar.

Effective Leadership Defined By Relationships, Not Tasks (Human Factor by I. Barry Goldberg)

Leadership, in the lexicon of members of the media, is about relationship, the ability to inspire others to follow a vision with passion. Management gets relegated to telling people what to do and checking up on them to see if they did it.

Northwest Arkansas Job Market Enters Uncharted Waters

Northwest Arkansas has shed 500 jobs in the last 16 months, but a strong business core and the drive toward sustainability can help the local economy rebound.

McLattes Coming to NWA

Northwest Arkansas McDonald?s will be one of seven markets in the country serving up espressos, cappuccinos and lattes.

Sam’s Marks 25, Curbs Rice Buys

Sam’s Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville, celebrated its 25th anniversary on April 18, but the big news that followed was about 20-pound bags of rice.

Urban Table Blends Low Prices, Local Offerings

Two reviewers recently made their way to the Table to see if it really lived up to its motto of affordable fine dining.

Intangibles Qualities Can Contribute to Successes ( Commentary)

Many successful people have assembled a strong portfolio of ?intangibles? ? critical qualities that have helped them be successful, such as intuitiveness about other people or self-awareness that allows them to read and react to situations.

Baker Bros. Gets 3 Forks (Food Review)

Who says every dining experience should be a magical, memorable occasion? Sometimes you just need some decent, quick sustenance that?s a notch above fast food.