The Manchester-based distillery is in the midst of a $3 million capital raise to make a bigger push into direct-to-consumer sales.
Moonshine maker pouring fresh investment into online expansion and tasting room
Manufacturing
Symbol mattress factory in Chesterfield set to be shuttered
Parent company Corsicana Mattress intends to close down the production facility at 2001 Bellwood Road in August.
Local anti-fog eyewear line featured on ‘Good Morning America’
Showerspecs were developed and patented by local marketing executive Donna Spurrier, CEO and namesake of Richmond firm Spurrier Group.
Bryant’s Dry Cider in Shockoe Bottom adds in-house brewery
The move into beer downtown follows a similar strategy the company deployed at its flagship in Roseland, known as The Farm, about 100 miles west of Richmond.
Distillery calls it quits after 9-year run
The closure of James River Distillery comes about a year after the company sold its building to VCU, which needed the property for its planned athletics village near The Diamond.
Up All Night Bakery snaps up former Early Bird Biscuit space in Bellevue
The storefront is trading biscuits for croissants but it won’t be open to the public anytime soon.
Strangeways Brewing headed to Williamsburg for newest taproom
The outpost near Colonial Williamsburg will be Strangways’ fourth, making it the only Richmond-based brewery to have a quartet of locations.
Former Lamplighter coffee shop reopens under new owners
Afterglow Coffee Cooperative, which took over the 1719 Summit Ave. space in Scott’s Addition, launched a cafe where it has been operating a wholesale roasting facility.
Richmond ice cream sandwich brand Nightingale flies into Walmart stores
“They’re trying to offer more premium offerings and they came to us,” said a spokeswoman for the Richmond-based company.
Shockoe Bottom brewery sponsors auto racing team to rev up marketing
Richbrau Brewing is about to begin distributing its beer after three years of selling it only at its taproom.