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Niche Food Group’s soon-to-relaunch restaurant concept will introduce a few of its core menu offerings through a series of pop-up events around St. Louis.

Schnuck Markets Inc. has partnered with an Indianapolis-based nonprofit to launch Schnucks Springboard, an accelerator program that seeks to help grow businesses owned by diverse founders.

New faces in the St. Louis Cardinals’ starting rotation won’t be the only changes fans see this year at Busch Stadium. There’s also a new all-inclusive club, a “slinger” hot dog and an arcade for kids.

Embattled St. Louis developer Green Street faces a string of new claims, including one by a former employee who says the firm gave investors misleading financial information.

The Federal Trade Commission slammed Kroger Co., Walmart and other large grocery companies in a new report for making the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and supply chain issues worse for consumers than they needed to be. The FTC’s report, titled “Feeding America in a Time of Crisis: FTC Staff Report on The United States Grocery Supply Chain and the Covid-19 Pandemic,” found that large grocery companies increased prices more than they typically have relative to their costs and received…

The earnings tax, the city’s largest single source of revenue, accounting for 37% of the general fund, has long been a target of Republican state lawmakers.

PracticeLink, a Richmond Heights-based provider of physician recruitment resources and services, has added a strategy chief to its executive leadership.

Garden District STL, a boutique, garden-themed retail store that sells plants, pots, home decor and gifts, is open at City Foundry STL in Midtown, and business has so far exceeded its founder's expectations.

Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz, D-Chicago, would require facilities that store electric vehicle batteries to register with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency by February 2026. The state’s Pollution Control Board would set the regulations for the proper storage of EV batteries. IEPA Deputy Director James Jennings said the…

Mike Carter, a Wentzville municipal judge, has entered the crowded Republican race for Missouri secretary of state.

Uninsured deposits are risky for both banks and their customers. That was never more apparent than last spring when Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failed after depositors pulled $42 billion over a few hours. That day – March 10, 2023 – prompted many companies nationwide to question whether their bank deposits were safe. “Up to that point, we didn’t pay much attention” to deposit insurance, recalled John Clark, the president and CEO of Masterclock, a global manufacturer of accurate time and…

St. Louis officials are pursuing eminent domain for the long-vacant Millennium Hotel downtown because of “numerous developers” who have reached out to develop it as prime real estate, a city official said Tuesday.

The concept launched in 2022 as an online-only concept.

The leader of a St. Louis hotel operator indicated Tuesday that a $125 million Downtown West project could be dead after city legislators rejected a subsidy package for it.

Fox Run Golf Club, a private golf club in Eureka, is undergoing a multimillion-dollar renovation at its 18-hole golf course.

State Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman has abandoned her run for the U.S. House of Representatives and instead filed to join the crowded GOP primary for Missouri secretary of state. Coleman, an attorney and first-term Republican from Arnold, said in announcing her candidacy that there is “no more important job than protecting the integrity of our elections and our founding documents.” Her announcement comes hours after House Speaker Dean Plocher announced that he, too, was pivoting to the secretary…

The Rwanda government official met Monday with St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and on a conference call, she and Mayor Samuel Dusengiyumva of Kigali, Rwanda, expressed their “mutual interest” to establish a sister-city relationship.

A St. Louis firm says that a software provider for waste management operations owes it more than $14 million.

Impetus Ag, a St. Louis startup developing new pest control products, has secured $750,000 in funding from an international technology competition.

A number of St. Louis-area municipalities, school districts and fire districts have bond issues and ballot measures that could fund major construction projects on the ballot for Missouri’s April 2 election, along with new sales taxes on marijuana sales. Here’s a rundown of many of the proposals.