consumer goods industries

• Opinion

Curbing sugary drinks in Baltimore

It's too early to judge the value of requiring businesses to post warning about the adverse health effects of sugary drinks.

• Politics

Should there be slot machines at BWI?

A group of lawmakers are again pushing to add as many as 2,500 slot machines to BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport.

By Erin Cox

Mar 2, 2015

• Opinion

Why can't Coke and Pepsi back a water tax repeal?

Legislation to eliminate Maryland's tax on bottled water deserves a full-throated endorsement from beverage industry

• Opinion

Tiny plastic microbeads are a big danger

As far back as the 1970s, the dangerous nature of plastics in our global waterways was identified. Images of turtles and birds entangled in soda six-pack liners heightened our awareness of the impact of plastic waste products on marine life. Now, there's a new danger: the accumulation of toxic chemicals in tiny plastic microbeads that are introduced into our waterways from many of the personal care products and over-the-counter drugs that we use everyday. These plastic microbeads represent a

• Food & Drink

Local Kinderhook Snack company feels Baltimore's love

Katie Horn and Marie Stratton know that when you cook what you love, the people will follow. Especially when what you love to cook is a collection of delicious snacks made from scratch.

• Opinion

Getting the off-shore shaft

In approving gas and oil exploration, Obama ignores serious environmental and economic risks posed to coastal states including Maryland

• Laurel Leader

At Savage Historical Society, program on cemeteries [North Laurel/Savage]

The Savage Historical Society will hold its monthly meeting on Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. at the F&M Center. The topic will be Discussion of Cemeteries.

• Maryland

Mobile shopping and shrinking middle class spur store closings early in year

Store closing season has arrived, driven this year by a shift in how and where consumers make purchases and the continued shrinking of a once dependable middle class customer base.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jan 10, 2015

• Laurel Leader

Laurel senior centers offer events and trips during January

Laurel senior centers are offering events during January.

• Opinion

Investing in 2015

Picking winners among companies and currencies is too complex for the ordinary investors — they simply don't have the time and information needed to make good bets.

• Laurel Leader

Renovation means changes to Patuxent Valley Middle [North Laurel/Savage]

As the winter break comes to an end for students, this is a reminder that January starts the renovation at Patuxent Valley Middle School.

• Consumer Goods Industries

New U.S. plan aims to stop seafood fraud and black market

Addressing growing concerns over seafood fraud, a presidential task force called Tuesday for expanded enforcement and a new program to give consumers more information about the origins of the imported fish, crab and other seafood they eat.

By Catherine Rentz

Dec 16, 2014

• UPS

Online sales lead to the busiest shipping day of the season for carriers

Online holiday sales were expected to boost shipments to peak levels Monday for both FedEx Corp. and U.S. Postal Service, while UPS is looking for record-breaking business the Monday before Christmas.

• Consumer Goods Industries

Handling holiday returns helps fuel Lanham firm

Business is brisk this time of year for the Washington-based technology company Optoro, which processes and re-sells returned merchandise for some of the biggest retailers in the country.

• Maryland

Workers need to earn living wage

• Business

Boost Fund offers loans to small businesses in Baltimore County

Baltimore County's small businesses are getting increased financial support thanks to a recently established county-wide flexible loan program, the first recipients of which were announced by County Executive Kevin Kamenetz Oct. 16. The $1.5 million Boost Fund, which is managed by the Baltimore County Department of Economic and Workforce Development, offers loans to small, minority and women-owned businesses in the county.

• Business

Gloomy 2015 forecast for Maryland economy, but there is beer

The state's economy is poised for a slowdown, a Towson University economist said Monday, pointing to continued weakness in the labor market.

By Natalie Sherman

Nov 17, 2014

• Initial Public Offerings

Videology hires new CFO with eye toward stock offering

Web video advertising firm Videology said Monday it hired a new chief financial officer with experience preparing companies for public stock offerings, a signal the Baltimore-founded company may soon follow through with plans for an IPO.

• Fashion

Five Questions for Tracey Griffin

Tracey Griffin joined Pandora Americas as chief operating officer last month. She will oversee three departments: operations, legal and information technology.

• Consumer Goods Industries

County official appointed to Maryland Alcohol Licensing Association

Baltimore County will have a new representative in the state-wide fight against underage drinking thanks to the recent appointment of Mike Mohler to the executive board of the Maryland Alcohol Licensing Association. Mohler, who has served as Baltimore County's chief Liquor Board administrator for the past four years, was elected to the leadership position by his peers around Maryland.

• Howard County

Columbia resident expands acting resume in Arena's 'Our War'

When Columbia resident Kelly Renee Armstrong was a student at Bowie State, she had several interests. Her first love was theater, but since Bowie did not have a drama department, she settled for being in campus plays while majoring in political science and minoring in Pan African studies.

• Maryland

Michael Bloomberg: States bust through D.C. gridlock

• Baltimore City Paper

Jimmy John's workers fight for a union

• Property

Industrial market booms in Baltimore

Construction, some of it speculative, has returned to the industrial market around the country, and in the Baltimore region, as demand for warehouses hits developers from both sides.

• Features

Opening doors to Baltimore's industrial past

What happens when Baltimore opens its doors?

• News

Authorities pursuing extradition of gambling mogul Calvin Ayre

More than two years after indicting a former online gambling mogul, federal prosecutors in Maryland say they are continuing to pursue his extradition on charges of running an illegal gambling business and money laundering.

• Jobs and Workplace

As recovery continues, Maryland households fall behind

More than five years into the economic recovery, many households in Maryland still aren't feeling the lift. Overall personal income — which includes wages, investment income and payments from programs such as Social Security — grew an estimated 1 percent in the second quarter of 2014 in Maryland, compared to 2.5 percent in the U.S. as a whole.

• Opinion

What we can do about climate change [Letter]

What we can do about climate change

• Maryland

For some, Maryland Wine Festival a time to stay home

For some small vintners, keeping business and the wine festival separate makes sense

• Opinion

Berkeley vs. Big Soda [Commentary]

If a soda tax can't pass in the most progressive city in America -- Berkeley, Calif. -- it can't pass anywhere, and big soda knows it.

• Consumer Goods Industries

Expo to showcase all things 'natural'

The Natural Products Expo East 2014 in Baltimore, opening Wednesday, is billed as the largest trade show on the East Coast devoted to goods made from ingredients found in nature treated with relatively little processing. The category that the industry claims is growing more than eight percent a year includes people and pet food, diet supplements, cosmetics and grooming products.

• Maryland

Wine Festival and festive wines tied together

Skilled winemakers, savvy consumers and a landmark festival define Carroll's growing wine scene

• Maryland

Seasoning manufacturing company to get mixing in Hampstead

Fuchs North America is moving seasoning ingredient manufacturing company to Hampstead.

• Baltimore City

Baltimore finally ready to gamble as casino opens Tuesday

Baltimore's long and at times fraught efforts to bring gambling to the city finally succeed with the Horseshoe Casino opening on Tuesday. Observers will watch how it does in an increasingly saturated casino marketplace.

• Startups

The short history and big impact of the Emerging Technology Center

The Baltimore tech startup incubator continues to grow and shape the city's business landscape

• Opinion

Where was the beef? [Commentary]

A decision last week by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, upholding federal regulations requiring that meat labels state where the animal was born, raised and slaughtered, is a win for consumers, public health and American meat producers.

• Online Advertising

Privacy Policy

• Maryland

Maryland Dairy Princess hails from Union Bridge

On July 16, Union Bridge teenager Autumn Lippy was named the Maryland Dairy Princess, a title that will take her across the state as she promotes the dairy industry.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

Battered by competition, Atlantic City casinos offer lesson for Maryland

Open gambling tables and slot machines were easy to find this week at the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, now that the standing-room crowds once common to high tourist season at the world's most famous boardwalk have found other spots to visit and place their bets.

• Baltimore City Paper

Game On

• Opinion

Howard County making a healthy effort [Letter]

Restrictions on sales of unhealthy food and drink at county-sponsored events are necessary to promote good health

• Food & Drink

New ways of pouring wine allow for more variety and experimentation

These new systems have a cool factor that makes wine geeks go nuts. But the technology is for more than just show. Implementing these systems translates into more options for customers, cost savings for restaurant owners and environmental benefits for everyone.

• Howard County

Howard vendors question rules on festival fare

Howard Countians celebrating the Fourth of July at Columbia's Lakefront this year can complement classic Independence Day fare such as hot dogs and hamburgers with a low-calorie side of reduced-fat chips or a pack of vegetables ¿ and wash it all down with a Diet Coke.

• Maryland

Privacy Policy

• Restaurant and Catering Industry

Five Questions for Michael Treuth of J.W. Treuth & Sons

Treuth & Son's 16.5 acres house a small retail store and a 20,000-square-foot abattoir where 100 bovines are processed daily and shipped to restaurants throughout the country – 315,000 pounds of cattle per week.

• Opinion

Track seafood supply to eliminate fraud [Commentary]

According to a new study of the top U.S. seafood imports, an estimated 20 to 32 percent of the wild-caught seafood crossing our borders was found to have originated from illegal sources. Other recent research has have found that up to 33 percent of seafood samples tested in the U.S. were mislabeled, substituting one species of fish for another. The inability to distinguish between legally and illegally caught fish undermines progress being made both in the U.S. and abroad, puts law-abiding

• Maryland

Food safety a new frontier for legal pot

The marijuana in those pot brownies isn¿t the only thing that can potentially make consumers sick. The industry and regulators are taking a closer look at how pot-infused edibles are actually made.

• Laurel Leader

Laurel Health Foods leaving Main Street

Laurel Health Foods store owner Monika Price is preparing to close the store on Main Street and leave the historic district when her lease expires this month. The good news is that Laurel Health Foods, which Price's mom, Maria Lowe opened 44 years ago, won't disappear completely, but will be downscaled in a much smaller location. Price's sons, Philip and Curtis Price, own a 6,000-square-foot CrossFit gym at 14210 Cherry Lane Court, and are designing a space for the store in the gym's current

• Maryland

Carroll historical society brews up antique beer recipe for launch at August event

• Real Estate

Oracle to buy Columbia's Micros Systems in $5.3 billion deal

Silicon Valley software giant Oracle Corp. announced a deal Monday to buy Micros Systems for $5.3 billion, eyeing the Columbia firm for its niche supplying technology to hotels, restaurants and retailers around the world.