May 11, 2012
IBJ StaffConAgra Packaged Foods LLC is seeking city tax incentives as part of a $44 million plan to upgrade its plant on the northwest
side of Indianapolis and retain 392 workers.
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May 9, 2012
Scott OlsonThe Irving, Tex.-based company said the job cuts could occur in July if it does not find a buyer or emerge from bankruptcy.
About 340 workers would be affected at five Indianapolis plants.
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April 21, 2012
Mason King
Josh Springer has moved to Indianapolis his company that designs and
sells draft beer dispensers that fill specially designed cups from the bottom up, speeding the process and cutting down on
foam.
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April 21, 2012
Sam StallMany Indiana home-based food businesses owe their existence to a law enacted in 2009 that allows them to sell certain types
of foods at farmers’ markets and their own roadside stands with minimal state oversight.
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March 24, 2012
Sam StallN.K. Hurst Co. Inc. sells roughly 20 million packages of dried beans and bean soup mixes a year, from the West McCarty Street
packaging plant it has operated since 1938. It has only about 50 employees, but its products are ubiquitous in the grocery
industry.
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January 14, 2012
Greg AndrewsLocally based Sensient Flavors LLC is fighting back with a fury in federal court, following months of intense federal and
state scrutiny of the health risks at its Indianapolis plant.
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December 22, 2011
Huntingburg-based Farbest Foods Inc. said it will invest $69 million to build a 220,000-square-foot facility.
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December 9, 2011
Andrea Muirragui Davis
Mad scientists, rejoice: An Indianapolis startup is rolling out a make-your-own-soft-drink
campaign its founders hope will become the YouTube of the beverage industry. They left Thursday night on a 6,000-mile promotional
tour.
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December 1, 2011
Associated PressAn organic food company that is closing its eastern Indiana preparation center was offered up to $3.5 million in state tax
credits to open its plant, but it owes more than $31,000 in property taxes and sewer bills.
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November 28, 2011
Really Cool Foods, which once planned to have 1,000 workers in eastern Indiana, ceased operations Monday, costing 131 employees
their jobs.
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November 12, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinToronto-based Skjodt-Barrett Contract Packaging opened its first U.S. plant in Lebanon to meet demand from major consumer
brands for baby food and fruit snacks in flexible pouches.
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November 9, 2011
IBJ StaffVirginia Kay's, a year-old Indianapolis-based doughnut manufacturer that opened a cafe at 2402 N. Meridian St. in September,
has gone out of business.
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October 31, 2011
J.K. WallHeartland Sweeteners LLC plans to spend nearly $10 million to upgrade its Indianapolis plant and potentially boost its work
force there by 39 employees in the next five years.
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September 24, 2011
Sam StallCurrent estimates place annual revenue for Indiana fish farming at just a few million dollars. But some believe the state’s
central location, abundant land and water supplies, and relatively benign regulatory environment could foster a $1 billion
industry in the next 10 years.
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August 22, 2011
IBJ StaffThe company will put the plant in an existing 250,000-square-foot industrial building.
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July 23, 2011
Andrew SmithHoosier Momma Bloody Mary mix started with a $1,000 loan 18 months ago, and has now become a profitable entity available in
350 locations and six states. This month, Hoosier Momma expanded into Kentucky, thanks to a deal with national distribution
giant Southern Wine and Spirits.
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June 22, 2011
IBJ StaffThe Orestes-based company—the nation’s second-largest tomato canner—on Tuesday announced plans to invest
$3.5 million to convert a former Elwood elementary school into a new corporate headquarters.
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May 21, 2011
Cory SchoutenThe chocolate beverage Choc-Ola, launched in the 1940s and pitched to a generation of fans in the 1970s by Cowboy Bob on WTTV-4,
is hitting store shelves again. South-side entrepreneurs Dan Iaria and Joe Wolfla are leading its comeback, landing an 18-state
distribution deal.
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April 28, 2011
Anthony SchoettleThe newest tenant in Lebanon Business Park will occupy 214,000 square feet and make a $20 million investment to build out
the space and install equipment.
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March 16, 2011
Associated PressIndianapolis fire officials say a forklift operator was killed at Royal Food Products Inc. when a floor collapsed beneath
the machine at the food manufacturing plant.
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February 26, 2011
Anthony SchoettleThe Feb. 17 announcement that Terre Haute-based Hulman & Co. was expanding its board of directors from four to eight members
could simply mean the company is looking for guidance from a broadened brain trust, or it could be a signal the company is
at a significant crossroads.
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January 31, 2011
IBJ StaffCarmel-based Candy Dynamics has expanded a voluntary recall of its Toxic Waste brand Nuclear Sludge products because they
may contain too much lead.
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January 21, 2011
Hearthside Food Solutions says it will invest $3.8 million to expand its operations and hire new workers. The company bakes
snack foods for such brands as Keebler, Nabisco and Kraft.
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January 10, 2011
IBJ StaffSara Lee Corp. has signed a lease for about 281,000 square feet of space at Plainfield Business Center at Airwest. The Illinois-based
maker of food products will establish a new distribution center in the space in February.
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December 18, 2010
Cory SchoutenA startup brewery called Flat 12 Bierwerks has ignited a revival along lonely Dorman Street in Holy Cross, one of the city’s
oldest neighborhoods.
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graham. they are even better w/ roasted marshmallows and melted chocolate
Apparently ticket sales are slow too...mas emails have been sent by the speedway in a last ditch attempt to get place fans to come.
Garden Valley Veggie flavor Wheat Thins Toasted Chips. Don't judge until you try them, haters!
Doc, a few important errors in your statements:
(1) The developer is spending the CITY'S money (the city is paying for the cost of the garage), so the city can damn well insist on a quality design.
(2) The LAW requires the proposed building to comply with design standards, and insisting that people follow the law is not giving anyone the "run-around."
(3) A two-week delay to make some minimal aesthetic improvements is hardly a great imposition being imposed on the developer.
(4) If the developer would rather build a crappy building elsewhere with their own money, then they are welcome to pick up and do so.
(4) Indianapolis is a major city, not some podunk town that needs to spread its legs for any developer that throws the place a sideways glance. Indianapolis should insist on the best, not settle for junk. Accepting anything is not going to make Indianapolis grow any faster (not sure where you got that silly notion from), nor is Indianapolis a slow-growth city compared to similarly sized city's in the Midwest.
Alone. Or with cheese.