Hospitality

Brian Treitman is worried the rising cost of meat – made worse by an industry ransomware attack this week – is going to put a sustained strain on his two popular BBQ restaurants: B.T.’s Smokehouse in Sturbridge and B.T.’s Fried Chicken and BBQ in Worcester.

Indoor cultivation of cannabis is responsible for about 10 percent of all industrial electricity consumption in Massachusetts.

On Tuesday, the Worcester Red Sox minor league baseball team sold out their 13th consecutive home game -- the first since the coronavirus-related capacity restrictions were lifted -- although the team still is limited from reaching Polar Park's planned sell-out crowd, as sections of the stadium remain under construction.

The Massachusetts cannabis regulatory body has opened the pre-certification application process for marijuana delivery operator licenses.

The Worcester Red Sox will play their first game at a Polar Park without gathering restrictions Tuesday night, following over a year of statewide mask and capacity restrictions.

Most of Wormtown Brewery’s ownership team will step back from business operations at the largest brewery in Worcester after allegations of discrimination and sexual harassment the company described as “disturbing and heartbreaking" circulated on social media this week, Wormtown said in a statement Thursday night.

The Mercantile Roof Top Bar & Restaurant, the current name for a planned rooftop bar and restaurant at the Mercantile Center in Worcester, is slated to open late this summer, according to a May newsletter from the Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District.

The Town of Hopkinton has signed a 99-year lease with the nonprofit 26.2 Foundation for a 19-acre site on East Main Street, where the organization plans to build an International Marathon Center less than a mile from the Boston Marathon starting line.

After initially encountering bipartisan opposition, the Senate Ways and Means Committee's plan to overhaul the state's film tax credit program is poised to sail through the chamber into a conference committee showdown with the House.

Pollo Campero, a fast food chicken restaurant started in Guatemala, with international headquarters in Texas, is eyeing Worcester for franchise expansion, the company announced on Tuesday.