Business Archive

A working fire was reported earlier today at Popeye’s restaurant in Tiger Point. Crews from Midway Fire District, Escambia County Fire Rescue and Holley Navarre Fire District responded to the fire.

This year, as Navarre celebrates its centennial anniversary, Judy Decker celebrates 25 years of property management service as Davis & Decker, a business which has operated for a quarter of the community’s history.

A year after developer Bob Benaquis’ Town Center Project hit a roadblock at a zoning board meeting, forcing the project to go in a different direction and withdraw its rezoning application, his project has a new look.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding eligible private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Florida of the March 17 deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset economic losses caused by the severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes that occurred May 10, 2024. 

A Florida icon is sitting atop recent national rankings.

Publix, a 95-year-old grocery chain based in Lakeland, Florida, has tied Trader Joe’s for the top spot in customer satisfaction within the grocery sector. According to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), Publix and Trader Joe’s share a score of 84 out of 100, which is five spots above the national average (79) for the overall grocery sector.

A consortium of private investors, spearheaded by the current CEO and President of Southeastern Grocers Inc. (SEG), Anthony Hucker and C&S Wholesale Grocers, announced it acquired Southeastern Grocers and its Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket banners from ALDI U.S. ALDI U.S. previously purchased Southeastern Grocers in March 2024.

A Navarre Beach hotel development planned for 8469 Gulf Blvd. might be on the chopping block.

The Florida Attorney General’s Office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit secured more than $2.2 million for the Florida Medicaid program from Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. Acadia, a health care provider based in Tennessee, alleged to have violated the Federal False Claims Act and the Florida False Claims Act by submitting false or fraudulent claims for inpatient behavioral health care to Medicaid and Medicare.

Hit the ground running on your business idea! Attend the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) start-up workshop from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at the Santa Rosa County Economic Development Office, 6491 Caroline St., Suite 4 in Milton. The workshop will highlight how to launch a small business operation with the foundation for success.

On Monday, Jan. 20, Donald Trump was sworn in as President of the United States for the second time. While no one fully knows what will happen over the next four years, Trump did indicate a desire to increase tariffs on countries sending their goods to America. In simple terms, a tariff is a tax on imported goods.