Hospitality

Food waste conversion company, Feedback Earth Inc. of Grafton, will pay a $9,520 fine levied by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for violations of the air pollution and solid waste regulations.

Shawn Collins, the executive director of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission called the long-running War on Drugs a failure and marijuana legalization efforts should focus on righting that wrong.

An entity registered to the owners of Boston cannabis firm Sugar Grove purchased a facility in Templeton for $1.3 million.

Worcester Business Journal’s in-person annual forum on the cannabis industry is back in 2022, and registration for the event is still open. Registration can be done here. 

The husband and wife who have owned O’Connor’s Restaurant & Bar since 1989, turning the eatery into a cornerstone of Worcester's Irish-American community, will sell the restaurant in August and retire.

Worcester cannabis company Bud’s Goods & Provisions in May settled a citation by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office for a violation of the state’s wage and hour laws, after it was found to be withholding tips from employees.

The Sundown, a new bar owned by Sean Woods, co-owner of the deadhorse hill restaurant in Worcester, will open Friday at 34 Green St. in Worcester, the former site of the Dive Bar, said Woods.

Less than a month after a Worcester Starbucks location voted unanimously to unionize, a location in Gardner has done the same, voting 14-0 in favor of unionization, according to a tweet from the Twitter account Boston Starbucks Workers United.

Jersey Mike’s Subs, the New Jersey-based sandwich chain, will opened Wednesday at 1 Oak St. in Westborough under owner of the Shrewsbury location, Tyler Tombs.

The owners of Pepe’s Italian Restaurant have acquired their 179 Shrewsbury St. location for $1.5 million, according to the Worcester Registry of Deeds.