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Why Dave's Hot Chicken chose downtown while other chains chose the 'burbs
Dave's Hot Chicken, a Nashville-style chicken chain that started in California, is opening on March 21 near MacEwan University and NorQuest College — despite other quick-serve American joints picking outlying areas of the city to test the market in Edmonton.
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Pouring a double: Trade mission to Japan and Cocktail Week boost beverage industry
Keenan Pascal, the CEO of Token Bitters, says his latest trade trip to Japan is a way to bolster Edmonton's beverage industry — something he also does as a co-organizer of Edmonton Cocktail Week, which takes place from March 17 to 23.
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Economic developer helps companies move export sights off U.S. and onto Japan, Mexico, Middle East
Manisha Arora, the director of trade for Edmonton Global, says that as Canadian businesses more seriously explore what export markets exist beyond the United States, they find the answers depend on what they export and their ability to adapt to different international standards.
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Commonwealth Stadium field could be renamed Play Alberta Field
A field at Commonwealth Stadium may soon be renamed to Play Alberta Field, a member of Edmonton's Naming Committee confirmed to Taproot.
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Former fire chief joins Darkhorse Emergency to translate analytics to customers
A former fire chief and city manager is joining Edmonton's Darkhorse Emergency to serve as the "translator" between the data-to-action company and its clients, which include fire chiefs and municipalities.
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Panini's adds ghost kitchens to boost the bottom line
Tony Caruso, one of three brothers who run Panini's Italian Cucina locations in Edmonton and Sherwood Park, said the ghost kitchens he's added to several of his dine-in restaurants offer a chance to increase revenue with limited risk.
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Varme Energy brings in CEO from Norway for first-of-its-kind facility
As the carbon capture industry accelerates in the province, Varme Energy Inc. has brought its leader from Norway to Edmonton to help secure a final investment in a facility it's building in Alberta's Industrial Heartland.
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Hydrogen HUB enters 'activation phase' with new leader
Brent Lakeman is being seconded from Edmonton Global to head the Edmonton Region Hydrogen HUB and shift that project into action mode.
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Check the Label app could 'push our politicians' as tariff threat grows, Punchcard says
Sam Jenkins, the managing partner of Punchcard Systems, says his company's new Check the Label app can help consumers get something they seek — products made in Canada that can buffer the economic effect of American tariffs.
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