Business Archive

Governor Ron DeSantis announced that Florida businesses continue to have robust employment opportunities, a benefit of a competitive and energized workforce where employers have added jobs for 22 consecutive months. Florida’s economic indicators have continued a positive trajectory and are surpassing pre-pandemic rates.

Santa Rosa County is doing comparatively well in its unemployment rates. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity released Florida’s unemployment rates for February 2022, including the state average and the numbers for each county.

Convenience store owners EG Group will begin converting Tom Thumb convenience stores to the Cumberland Farms brand starting in May.

Soft drink. Pop. Coke. Soda. No matter what you call it, these drinks are insanely popular. Coca-Cola, for example, rakes in revenues north of $37 billion a year.

While big name soda brands dominate the United States and the world, craft soda brands are finding their niche.

Melanie Heil, a Pace resident who is from Navarre, got up at 3 a.m. March 10, and her group was first in line at 4:30 a.m. for the Navarre Aldi grand opening.

By all the key indicators, business is in a growth trajectory for Florida, and Northwest Florida.

At 37, Tommy VonAchen is on the young side to be a snowbird.

But the Michigan man spends six months in Florida each year, working in the same business but from slightly different angles.

The Gulf Breeze Chamber of Commerce named ProHealth “2021 Business of the Year” during their annual awards gala held at the Hilton Hotel, Pensacola Beach, on Friday, Jan.21.

This was the second “Business of the Year” award ProHealth received for the year of 2021.

Navarre High School held a job fair last week and recruited about 30 employers to participate.

Bring your camera and family to Holley-Hill Pottery & Art Studio to help unload pottery from two historic kilns being fired at the Gulf Coast Kiln Walk Society this Saturday, Feb. 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.