Business News

Discount grocer Aldi, which has three Baton Rouge-area stores under construction, announced today it plans to buy 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys supermarkets in Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. 

Most Federal Reserve officials last month still regarded high inflation as an ongoing threat that could require further interest rate increases, according to the minutes of their July 25-26 meeting released this afternoon.

Urban Daiquiris, originally established on Juban Road in Denham Springs about two years ago, has opened a second location on Airline Highway in Prairieville. 

Louisiana has the second-lowest gas tax rate in the nation, behind only Alaska, the Tax Foundation reports based on July data. 

The share of companies making moves to nearshore their production nearly tripled this year,...

Members of the city-parish planning staff say a pair of rezoning requests backed by nearly a dozen Pecue Lane residents meets the criteria for rezoning. 

The city of Central got $3 million in the Louisiana state budget this year for batting cages, a locker room and a high school weight room.  

Baton Rouge startup Speedy Eats is partnering with California-based juice brand Pressed Juicery to carry their products in its 25 existing indoor fridge units as well as its upcoming automatic vending concept. 

Researchers at Microsoft are documenting a new phenomenon they refer to as the “triple peak,” where workers’ activity spikes in the morning and afternoon and then a third time around 10 p.m., and the change has some managers frustrated, The Wall Street Journal reports. 

The average length of time that area homes sit on the market has doubled from a year ago, according to the latest report by the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors.