Retail

Gov. Charlie Baker on Sunday announced all restaurants in Massachusetts to serve delivery and take-out only, all Massachusetts public schools must soon close for three weeks, most events with 25 or more people are now banned.

more Central Massachusetts retailers are figuring out how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic while still serving customers and keeping employees working.

Worcester retail businesses are seeing significantly lower revenues, more order cancellations and diminished foot traffic as the local reaction to the coronavirus pandemic spreads in Central Massachusetts.

Out of an abundance of caution, Worcester Business Journal has decided to reschedule the Business Leader of the Year event and WBJ Hall of Fame induction ceremony, due to concerns over the coronavirus.

Meredith McNamara is a brewer at Worcester manufacturer Greater Good Imperial Brewing Co., and – as far as she knows – the only woman in the city working in that capacity. She talked with WBJ about being a woman in brewing and what are the best beers you’ll find in Worcester, and all over the world.

Lynn Cheney of Maker to Main and Bill Nemeroff of B.T.'s Fried Chicken & BBQ are undertaking a pair of the more exciting entrepreneurial ventures in Worcester's food scene. Yet, it wasn't that long ago the couple got together for the first time, with the help of Nemeroff's best friend and business partner.

A shopping center on Prospect Street in Milford has been bought for $3 million by a limited liability firm connected to a Hopedale construction company.

BJ’s Wholesale Club reported strong year-over-year growth as the Westborough-based retailer launches a new plan for growth.

A Chicago real estate investment trust has brought the Milford Crossing shopping center for around $42 million.

WBJ's oldest award, started in 1982, continues the tradition this year with winners from places like Table Talk Pies, Abby's House, 1854 Cycling Co., Ed Hyder's Mediterranean Marketplace, and Little Leaf Farms.