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OFFERING ALTERNATIVES: Scott Kirmil, owner of the Diego’s restaurants in Rhode Island, displays the recyclable food containers his eateries use, a year before a ban on Styrofoam containers goes into effect. Opponents of the ban say small restaurants will have to bear additional costs.  PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Restaurants preparing for ban on Styrofoam containers

Focus 01/19/2024

On one of his rare days off last summer, Scott Kirmil, owner of six Rhode Island eateries, with plans for a seventh, was sitting...

Retail sales up 0.3% in November, showing how Americans continue to...

Capital Goods 12/14/2023

NEW YORK (AP) – Americans picked up their spending from October to November as the unofficial holiday season kicked off, underscoring that shoppers still...

Bridge closure impact on small businesses: ‘We’re in trouble’

Economic Activity 12/13/2023

PROVIDENCE – "Depression" and "exasperation" are two words Rick Simone used to describe how affected small businesses are reacting to the closure of the...

Keane’s Wood Fired Catering kept the fire burning beyond COVID-19

Business Services 09/22/2023

PBN Fastest Growing Companies 2023 $250,000 to $5 million No. 3. Keane’s Wood Fired Catering CEO (or equivalent): Padraic and Kaylyn Keane, owners 2022 revenue: $1 million 2020...

Are concerns about inflation and the possibility of a looming recession...

Economy 08/25/2023

Despite monthslong concerns about inflation and a looming recession, retail sales at restaurants and bars have jumped this summer compared to a year ago. National...

Spending at bars, restaurants surges as Americans shrug off inflation, recession...

Business Services 08/24/2023

NEW YORK (AP) – Americans didn't let persistent inflation and lingering worries about a recession cut into summer spending on eating and drinking out. Retails...

Retail sales rose solidly last month in a sign that consumers...

Capital Goods 08/15/2023

NEW YORK (AP) – Americans increased their purchases at retailers last month – for clothing, dining out, sporting goods and other areas-- in a...

U.S. inflation rises for the first time in a year to...

Capital Goods 08/10/2023

WASHINGTON (AP) – Inflation in the United States rose in July after 12 straight months of declines, boosted by costlier housing. But excluding volatile...

Restaurant industry proves resiliency as it rebuilds

Editorial and Op-Ed 07/21/2023

Like countless other industries, the restaurant industry has been completely redefined by the COVID-19 pandemic. Restaurant owners felt optimistic about the post-COVID world but...