B2B Stories

Food Lion made very few changes inside the store. Here’s the new store’s deli/bakery section, which looks about the same as it did when BI-LO was in business. (Photo by Josh Heath) Editor’s Note: We sent Josh Heath back to the Bi-Lo\Food Lion just a few weeks after he wrote the story of the Bi-Lo closing. Here is what we found. There’s a new Food Lion store open at 2803 Wrightsboro Road in the Daniel Village Shopping Center, but it doesn’t resemble other grocery stores in the chain. Instead, it looks

(from left to right) Tim McCormick, of Humble Acres Organics; Bill Tiszai, of Cold Creek Nurseries; and Lisa Wilson, of G.L. Williams & Daughter Trucking, formed a partnership to create Jackpot, a premium topsoil blend made locally. (Photo courtesy Alison South Marketing) While most of the world will be celebrating Earth Day Thursday, April 22nd online at earthday.org, three CSRA business owners hope their eco-friendly product will ring the cash registers at Cold Creek Nurseries in Aiken. The private-label Jackpot topsoil creation is a business partnership between Cold Creek Nurseries, Humble Acres

Editor’s Note:The following is an excerpt of a news release distributed by Platinum Equity Monday from Los Angeles, California.This is the 3rd private equity takeover of headquartered Augusta companies in the last 90 days to include TaxSlayer and Recteq Grills. Platinum Equity announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Club Car from Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) in a transaction valued at approximately $1.7 billion. The acquisition, subject to standard closing conditions, is expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2021. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Augusta, Georgia, Club