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• Kroger responds to two employees’ refusal to serve pro-police customers

  13-10-2016 22:00 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Kroger Co. was caught in a firestorm after customers at stores in Texas and Louisiana complained that cashiers wouldn’t serve them because they wore pro-police T-shirts.The two incidents occurred in the last two weeks in the Houston suburb of Spring, Texas, and Alexandria, Louisiana. The customer in Spring told KTRK-TV she was wearing a “Police Lives Matter/All Lives Matter” shirt and the cashier stepped away from the register and refused to ring up her groceries, saying she wa
  
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• City takes first steps for Greenline extension

  13-10-2016 22:00 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The City of Memphis is planning to extend the Shelby Farms Greenline to the west via a pedestrian and bicycle bridge over a railroad crossing.The project will connect the Greenline's current end at Tillman Street with a half-mile stretch ending at Tobey Park. The pedestrian and bicycle bridge will take the Greenline over active railroad crossings near the Poplar-Union viaduct, and a new trailhead will be constructed along Flicker Street.“From a connectivity standpoint, this westward expans
  
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• MBJ names Memphis' Best Places to Work

  13-10-2016 21:11 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The surveys are in, and the results tabulated: Here are Memphis' Best Places to Work.Last year, MBJ brought back our popular Best Places to Work issue, a guide to those companies whose workplaces stand out from the rest. This year, we have 34 honorees in five categories, based on employment size.Click the slideshow for the five winners of Best Places to Work.To determine the Best Places to Work, MBJ partners with national research firm Quantum Workplace. All nominated companies participate&helli
  
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• New restaurant concept announced for Crosstown Concourse

  13-10-2016 17:59 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  An all-organic, all-vegetarian restaurant will take up residence in the Crosstown Concourse.Mama Gaia, which means “Mother Earth” in Greek, is a new startup restaurant concept by Philipp and Cru Peri von Holtzendorff-Fehling that will offer vegetarian as well as vegan and gluten-free items for breakfast, lunch and dinner. This fast-casual restaurant will have grab-and-go items and off-site catering.The restaurant will open in early 2017 in a 2,400-square-foot space at 1350 Concourse
  
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• DMC considers paying Downtown buskers

  13-10-2016 17:32 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  To energize Main Street, the Downtown Memphis Commission (DMC) is considering a proposal to pay local street musicians.“A lot of improvements have been around the visual arts, and we wanted to take another look at the performance arts,” said Terence Patterson, DMC president and CEO.The DMC is currently crafting a proposal to encourage local artists to perform on Downtown Memphis' Main Street. The idea is being approached in two phases, Patterson said. First, the DMC will try to ident
  
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• Exclusive: Memphis' most educated areas

  13-10-2016 17:19 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Thousands of cars travel up and down Poplar Avenue each day, and the Poplar Corridor has become an area full of trade and commerce. And, as population trends for the Memphis metro have migrated eastward, ZIP codes lining the Poplar Corridor have seen an influx of highly educated residents.To see which local areas have the most highly educated residents, click on the slideshow (ranked by percentage of residents with a bachelor’s degree or an advanced/professional degree).As part of Memphis
  
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• ​Is the iPhone akin to the VW Beetle? Supreme Court weighs Samsung-Apple design patent

  13-10-2016 13:46 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Apple’s long-running patent battle with Samsung landed in the U.S. Supreme Court this week, as the company made the case for why it deserves full damages on 11 early Samsung smartphone models that copied the iPhone’s rounded, rectangular design.Much of the case has been settled in lower courts, with Samsung agreeing to pay $548 million for patent infringement. In court Tuesday, the justices heard arguments over the value of a design patent, which covers the look and feel of a product
  
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• Blue Bell expands cookie dough-related recall

  13-10-2016 13:42 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Brenham, Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries expanded its recent recall connected to Aspen Hills products, just hours after news surfaced that the Iowa-based cookie dough supplier issued a second recall.On Oct. 10, Blue Bell said it was voluntarily recalling all products made with a cookie dough ingredient from Aspen Hills Inc. in response to additional information from the supplier. Earlier that day, Aspen Hills recalled a “limited quantity” of ready-to-eat cookie dough products that m
  
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• New barbecue restaurant a 'fire starter' for Edge District

  13-10-2016 13:28 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Downtown Memphis Commission (DMC) CEO and president Terence Patterson said a new barbecue restaurant coming to the Edge District could be a "fire starter" of better connectivity between the Downtown core and the Medical District.The Center City Development Corp., an affiliate of the DMC, approved Oct. 12 a $30,000 one-to-one matching grant for $60,000 worth of improvements to help establish Arnold’s BBQ and Grill at 320 Monroe Ave. in the Edge District.“We’re supportive of the
  
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• East Memphis retail center finishes remodel, signs last tenant

  13-10-2016 13:27 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Recently renovated, an East Memphis shopping center is now full.Orleans Place, at Poplar Avenue and Kirby Parkway, wrapped up a roughly $350,000 remodel to convert the 1970s exterior to a more modern façade.The improvements helped the retail center sign Exceed Kitchen and Bath to a five-year lease deal for 2,500 square feet of space. Brian Califf and Elliot Embry of NAI Saig Co. represented the landlord, Faropoint Investments, in the lease agreement.“Leasing this building to 100 per
  
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