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LOCAL 1% meal and beverage tax collection in April totaled $2.2 million in Rhode Island. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/LUKE MACGREGOR

1% meal and beverage tax collection dips in April

PROVIDENCE – Collection of the local 1% meal and beverage tax in Rhode Island in April totaled $2.2 million, a 2.9% decline year over...

Five Questions With: Thomas Bucci

Warwick Ice Cream Co. has created a new ice cream to help support Hasbro Children’s Hospital and it is currently available at various locations...
Bruce Newbury

Culinary traditions continue, as new eateries add their own flavor to...

The opening of a new eatery can be a real shot in the arm for a neighborhood, leading to more economic activity and, in...
CHEF ABIGAIL PAWLIK of the motor vessel Enterprise won the chef competition at Charter Yacht Show at the Newport Shipyard Newport Charter Show at the Newport Shipyard. / BILLY BLACK PHOTOGRAPHY

Yacht chefs competition heats up Newport

NEWPORT – Attendees report that indeed, “yacht rock” is listened to on board and every passenger’s whim is catered to. The yachting experience has...
RAVE REVIEWS: Bulk Packout team members at Blount Fine Foods give thumbs up about their workplace.
 / COURTESY BLOUNT FINE FOODS

Blount Fine Foods Corp.

Best Places to Work 2019 | ENTERPRISE (500-plus employees): 2. Blount Fine Foods Corp. What three words best describe your staff? Innovative, dedicated and excited. What...

Knead Doughnuts to open third retail store

PROVIDENCE – Artisan doughnut maker Knead Doughnuts on Friday is expected to open a new retail location in a renovated former mill in the...
TWO RHODE ISLAND restaurants have made Open Table’s 2019 list of the 100 Best Al Fresco Restaurants in the country Above, the Boat House Waterfront Dining in Tiverton. / COURTESY BOAT HOUSE WATERFRONT DINING

Two R.I. waterfront restaurants named best al fresco restaurants in U.S.

PROVIDENCE – The Ocean State lives up to its name and its reputation in the restaurant world. Two of the state’s most visible waterfront dining...
Bruce Newbury

Send this chef to camp

Chefs never stop teaching. Peek into any restaurant kitchen and you will see an executive chef or chef de cuisine standing next to a...
UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC. reported a profit of $57.1 million for the quarter ended April 27.

UNFI reports $57.1M profit for fiscal ’19 Q3

PROVIDENCE – United Natural Foods Inc. reported net income of $57.1 million in the company’s fiscal 2019 third quarter ended April 27, a 10.1%...
COLLECTION OF the 1% meal and beverage tax in Rhode Island in March totaled $2.2 million, an increase of 11.6% year over year. / COURTESY HEMENWAY’S/LUCAS PRESTON

R.I. 1% meal and beverage tax collection in March totals $2.2M

PROVIDENCE – The collection of the local 1% meal and beverage tax in Rhode Island in March totaled $2.2 million, an 11.6% increase over...
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