Yogurtland, a customer-created frozen yogurt chain with almost 120 locations in nine states (as well as stores in Japan and Mexico), plans to have 75 additional locations open or in development by the end of 2011. By 2015, the chain will have more than 550 total locations. Besides expansion in existing markets, Yogurtland has targeted several […]
America’s #1 Selling Branded Burger to Launch National Restaurant Chain With Its First Locations in Jacksonville, FL Download image JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — BUBBA burger®, the number one selling branded burger in America, is announcing the development of its Original BUBBA burger Grill™ restaurants. The announcement was made by Billy Morris, President […]
The post office is looking to sell their Washington St. building to the City and relocate customer services to a much smaller space in Union Square Officials from the U.S. Postal Service held a public meeting on Thursday to discuss the sale and possible relocation of its Union Square branch, located at 237 Washington Street. […]
Cappella, Inc, a cardiovascular medical device company, has raised $7.1 million as part of its fifth round of funding. The company, with U.S. operations in Westford, Mass., has headquarters in Galway, Ireland. Capella has raised at least $52.1 million to date from investors including Ireland-based Fountain Healthcare Partners, Menlo Park, Cal.-based Mitsui & Co. Venture […]
The financial outlook for the city of Lawrence remains dour despite a slate of developments that are expected to revitalize swaths of land and add some 500 full-time jobs over the next few years. A recent report by Moody’s Investors Service indicated that Lawrence’s $3.1 billion tax base will see continued pressure amid high foreclosures, […]
While travel search giants Google, Kayak Software Corp. and ITA Software Corp. battle it out over the future of online travel search, social travel site operator Get out of Cambridge Inc. is just getting started. The company has raised a $560,000 seed round, according to a regulatory document filed Friday. Founded in 2008 by Harvard […]
The ink has barely dried on Borders Group Inc.’s bankruptcy filing this week and already another major bookstore chain is looking to fill its Massachusetts stores slated for closure. Books-A-Million Inc., a Birmingham, Ala.-based retailer with a substantial online presence and more than 200 brick-and-mortar locations in the United States, is preparing proposals to potentially […]
CEO Howard Schultz said yesterday the world’s largest coffee-shop operator intends to compete directly for sales. Photographer: Ariana Lindquist/Bloomberg And you think Starbucks is expensive? Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. has been growing so fast that acquirers looking to scoop up the largest U.S. seller of single-serve brewers would pay the highest valuation in America. […]
The whoopie pie war is on. Pennsylvania residents are planning to hold a rally Saturday to protect their heritage and claim the whoopie pie as their own. The event is being organized by Lancaster resident Nick Martin in response to recent events in Maine, where lawmakers are seeking to designate the whoopie pie as the […]
Rendering provided by Cathartes. Globe Staff Cathartes Private Investments, a Boston-based real estate development and investment company, said it has begun construction on the Residences at Portwalk, a mixed-use project in Portsmouth, N.H. Portwalk’s Residence Inn by Marriott and the Portsmouth Harbor Events and Conference Center opened six months ago, and the new phase starting […]
