Restaurants & Retail

Waitr touts first profitable month ever

After a tumultuous year including a company restructuring, Waitr announced this morning that February...

US retail sales plunge unprecedented 8.7% in March

U.S. retail sales plummeted 8.7% in March, an unprecedented decline, as the viral outbreak...

Virus roundup …  

• LSU has launched large-scale production of personal protective equipment in the Pete Maravich...

Louisiana congressional delegation asking for CARES Act to help crawfish industry

Louisiana’s congressional delegation sent a letter Wednesday asking U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue...

Rally ’round Baton Rouge restaurants

The good news for a brutally hard-hit restaurant industry is that the recovery will come quick … for those still standing.

Real estate finds itself playing the COVID-19 waiting game

The immediate COVID-19 impact varies by real estate sector, but the challenges will be universal if the effective shutdown lasts for an extended period.
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Roundup: Saints classic / Traffic update / Retail adaptations 

Rewatch: ESPN will let every New Orleans Saints fan relive the reopening of the...

Virus response: Deemed essential business, Baton Rouge brewery adapts to survive

Louisiana breweries without distribution deals are getting creative when it comes to selling their...

LSU AgCenter Food Incubator offers to help restaurants get products into stores 

For the past several years, the LSU AgCenter Food Incubator has helped new businesses...

Virus roundup …

• The Baton Rouge General Foundation has established a COVID-19 Operations Fund in response...