Sweet Wynns owner Taryn Wynn said she always envisioned a dedicated space for the company’s ice cream-making classes.
Ice cream workshop scoops up former downtown Subway
Manufacturing
Pharma firm expands local operations with former Toys ‘R’ Us redevelopment
Massachusetts-based Thermo Fisher Scientific spent $32 million to convert the long-dormant big box retail space into a drug development research facility. The company also has two other labs downtown and elsewhere in Henrico.
Richmond-based snack bar company pivots with home bakers in mind
“Shutting down the kitchen was very tough and I had this extreme thought of, ‘Oh we’re not going to make it.’ It was during that stress the thought of making a baking mix came to me.”
Buyer found for Blue Bee Cider in Scott’s Addition
While the buyer’s identity remains a mystery, documents show new uses may be in store, including a distillery.
Startup led by former Altria exec raises $17M to make inhaler for smokers who want to quit
Brian Quigley has relocated Qnovia’s headquarters to Richmond from Los Angeles as it continues to develop its nicotine replacement device.
Lentil-based brownie newest product from local food company
I have a biology degree, so I was totally geeking out with pH paper in my kitchen,” owner Kim Baker said of developing the brownie. “It’s a lot of lentils that went into it and a lot of love.”
Pharma company Phlow in midst of $50M capital raise
The cash haul comes as Phlow and other members of the regional Alliance for Building Better Medicine just received a $53 million federal pandemic recovery grant to build new labs in Richmond and Petersburg.
Henrico-based golf belt brand sold to company known for golf hats
J.T. Spencer is now owned by Imperial and its parent company Paramount Apparel, in a deal that will maintain and expand the beltmaker’s West End operations.
Pharma partnership to get boost with new labs in Richmond, Chesterfield
Activation Capital will build a 100,000-square-foot lab in downtown Richmond, while Civica will construct a 60,000-square-foot lab in Meadowville Technology Park to support its drug manufacturing facility in Petersburg.
Sheet-canned: Rock band Three Sheets To The Wind launches wine business
The cover band’s Steely Can Wine started as a joke but is now a full-on Steely Dan-inspired company that began selling its canned wines last week.