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Founded by Jordan El-Qasem, HaBBQ serves Texas-style BBQ infused with Middle Eastern spices.

Big Y is seeking to offer 4,000 local products sourced from partnerships with more than 500 local businesses.

Worcester Restaurant Week is back, allowing local diners to enjoy a three-course meal for less than $30 per person at participating Central Massachusetts eateries.

Mass General Brigham and CVS want to team up to tackle the dearth of primary care services in Massachusetts by expanding care options at MinuteClinic locations.

The country has lost about 1,646 bank branches every year since 2018, according to credit-building platform Self Financial.

Peter Femino, a landscape architect and not a coffee drinker, stumbled into the coffee business, starting with a right-place, right-time opportunity. His design firm needed a café, and the idea of launching something new was appealing. 

After weeks of relative calm, a power struggle over control of Tyngsborough-based supermarket chain Market Basket has escalated, after the company’s board fired two longtime executives who have sided with suspended CEO and President Arthur T. Demoulas.

Joining another Seabra Foods store in Framingham, this will be the firm’s second Central Massachusetts location. Seabra has additional Massachusetts locations in Attleboro and Fall River, part of an 18-store portfolio with locations in New Jersey and Florida.

Vitória has 15 locations in total across Massachusetts, according to Google Maps listings. The company has been expanding since it took over operation of D’Errico’s, opening a Burlington location earlier in 2025.

Westminster-based hardware store firm W.E. Aubuchon Co. will soon have its first presence in the Ocean State, following the acquisition of an Ace Hardware store in the village of Wyoming, Rhode Island.