The city’s quest for new grocery stores is getting one step closer to reality — and it is a national model. DMG Foods is set to open next week at 400 E. 29th St. in Waverly as the first nonprofit market owned by the Salvation Army. The 7,000-square-foot store will be operated in partnership with the Maryland Food Bank and located in a long-vacant warehouse in Waverly. The Salvation Army purchased the site for $428,100 in 2015. DMG Food’s opening comes at a time when some communities in the city…
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Southeast Baltimore will be getting a new brewery next winter. Mobtown Brewing Co. has plans to open in late 2018 or early 2019. The brewery is close to signing a lease on space in the Canton/Highlandtown/Fells Point/Brewers Hill area, head brewer Dave Carpenter said. Carpenter, a home brewer for the past 15 years, recently quit his job as a geotechnical engineer to help launch Mobtown. The Canton resident had his eye on opening in or near his neighborhood because, other than Highlandtown’s Monument…
Under Armour announced Wednesday that Chief Revenue Officer Karl-Heinz (Charlie) Maurath will retire at the end of March. Maurath has been with the Baltimore sportswear maker since 2012, first as the company’s president, international and then as chief revenue officer beginning in Nov. 2015. The retirement is yet another executive shakeup at Under Armour. The company has undergone several changes under the direction of new President Patrik Frisk who stepped into the role last summer. Chief Marketing…
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. saw its profit soar more than 266 percent in the fourth quarter last year and said Wednesday it expects to close the planned acquisition of Tribune Media Co. in the second quarter. Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast reported earnings of $443.5 million in the fourth quarter, or $4.32 per share, up from $120.9 million, or $1.32 per share, in the prior-year period. Total revenue slipped 8 percent to $734 million, though last year’s results included political advertising…
Dick’s Sporting Goods will stop selling assault-style rifles at all of its stores nationwide following the Parkland school shooting earlier this month that killed 17 students and adults. Dick’s (NYSE: DKS) will not sell firearms to anyone under 21 years old and is removing the semiautomatic rifles from its retail and online stores that include Dick’s as well as its Field & Stream brand. Dick’s Sporting Goods, which is based near Pittsburgh, has 16 stores in Maryland, including locations in…
University of Maryland, College Park was the top producer of Fulbright scholars in the state for the 2017-2018 academic year. Fulbright is one of the most prestigious academic scholarship programs in the country, offering grants to study, teach and conduct research for U.S. citizens to go abroad and for non-citizens to come to the United States. The Fulbright Scholar Program enables college and university faculty members with a Ph.D. to teach and/or conduct research. And the Fulbright Student Program…
Maryland lawmakers have submitted their own legislation aimed at promoting local brews and easing restrictions on breweries.
