Brothers start artisan distillery in Madison County
Jerrad and Jason Oakley have reached an agreement with 69 Liquors in Daleville, Lucky Liquors in Anderson and Mr. G's Liquor Store in Noblesville to sell their moonshine.
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Blue Bell says it’s still trying to pinpoint listeria cause
A massive recall has brought more attention and put more pressure on a century-old Texas ice cream company that has been searching to discover how its products became linked to a deadly string of listeria cases.
Blue Bell recalls all ice cream after discovering listeria
The company, which entered the Indianapolis market in 2010, said it doesn't know how the bacteria was introduced to its facilities.
Sun King plans small brewery, tap room in Fishers
The 6,000-square-foot facility in North by Northeast Shopping Center will not interfere with Sun King’s hopes to open a much larger brewery and event center about a half-mile away. The bigger facility is on hold while legislators debate a bill over brewery production limits.
Bill that would let small brewers produce more beer advances
Sun King and other Indiana beer makers could produce more barrels of their product while remaining small breweries under a bill the House Public Policy Committee passed Wednesday.
Union: General Mills to proceed with Pillsbury plant closure
A union representative says General Mills is moving ahead with its plans to close a southern Indiana Pillsbury plant and a neighboring business that together employ more than 400 workers.
2015 Forty Under 40: Matt Ewer
Matt Ewer, 36, CEO of Bean LLC, delivers farm-to-table to your door through his Green Bean Delivery.
Indiana city advances $7M bond for Pillsbury plant
New Albany's city council voted 5-2 on Tuesday in favor of a nonbinding resolution to offer General Mills financial incentives to keep its refrigerated baked goods plant open. The plant has about 400 well-paid employees.
Indiana city to consider $7M in incentives to keep plant open
General Mills announced earlier this month it planned to close its refrigerated goods plant that employs 400 by mid-2016.
Union to talk about Indiana Pillsbury plant set to close
The union that represents workers at a Pillsbury plant set for closure expects to meet next month with General Mills officials to discuss the plant’s future. The union represents 335 workers at the plant and 80 workers at a neighboring plant that could be impacted.
Pillsbury plans to close 400-worker New Albany plant
The plant manufactures crescent rolls, pizza dough and other refrigerated baked goods. It has been operated by General Mills since 1959.
Sun King to put limits on distribution to avoid state cap
Sun King Brewing Co. said it plans to quit distributing beer outside of the Indianapolis metropolitan area because it is close to hitting the state’s 30,000-barrel-a-year production limit at its downtown brewery.
Flat 12 venture with IndyCar star yields surprise sales success
Hinchtown Hammer Down beer, named for IndyCar driver James Hinchcliffe, is one of Flat 12’s top sellers and has become one of five in the brewery’s core lineup.
Breweries test limits of craft beer boom
In the last two years, the number of microbreweries operating in Indiana has roughly doubled, to 96. But can the industry sustain such blistering growth, especially in Indianapolis, where much of the activity is occurring, without foaming over?
Food maker to spend $43.9M to re-equip Lebanon facility
Canada-based Skjodt-Barrett Foods plans to hire 97 more workers by 2017 at its Boone County operations, established in late 2011.
Harlan Bakeries plans $13M expansion in Avon
The company, one of Hendricks County’s largest employers, said the expansion will help it retain 700 workers at its flagship plant
Meat processing company plans new Indiana plant
The project by Boar's Head Meats includes an initial investment of $80 million to build a 150,000-square-foot building where up to 200 people will work.
Sun King plans $8.8M brewery, tasting room in Fishers
Homegrown craft-beer maker Sun King Brewing Co. plans to build a second production facility and tasting room in Fishers, adding capacity as it widens its reach. The Town Council will consider a $2.5M economic development deal Monday night.
Delayed Sugar Creek food plant may operate by next summer
A food processing plant that's expected to bring 400 jobs to eastern Indiana should begin operations in July 2015, a top company official says.
Family peanut-butter venture sees sales take off
B. Happy Peanut Butter is a hit at the summer market—and then some. Available at more than a dozen retail outlets in central Indiana, its seven varieties of hand-packed PB could produce sales of $100,000 this year.