Langer Juice Founder Dies at 86
Nathan Langer, who survived the Holocaust and went on to found Langer Juice Co., died Wednesday at the age of 86. A native of Krakow, Poland, Langer escaped from a concentration camp when he was a...
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The craft breweries calling downtown’s Arts District home have a new neighbor, though it’s still in the alcohol-making family. Our/Los Angeles vodka opened its tasting room and microdistillery last...
View ArticleBusiness District Eyes Alleys to Field Green Space
South Park, home to just a couple of small parks, is rich with construction but poor on green space. To remedy that, the South Park Business Improvement District is working on a program to squeeze...
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As the high-pressure food-processing industry has expanded beyond popular cold-pressed juices, a Carson food company has been squeezing new revenue from its investment in the technology. CedarLane...
View ArticleCommercial Kitchens Turn Into Hot Properties
Los Angeles has emerged as a hotbed of culinary activity, but the growing number of quirky eateries, food trucks, and confectionaries has outpaced the number of kitchens available for rent. The demand...
View ArticleKombucha Pioneer Tees Up Second Site in Vernon
The nation’s largest kombucha supplier is picking up more space in Vernon to double up production of the fermented tea drink. Millennium Products Inc., maker of GT’s Kombucha, has leased an additional...
View ArticleReplacement Meal Maker Whips Up 7-Eleven Deal
Downtown manufacturer Rosa Foods Inc. will sell its line of Soylent meal replacement drinks in brick-and-mortar stores this month for the first time, the company has announced. The deal to sell three...
View ArticleBeverage Investor Pins Hopes on Hard Stuff
A Century City-based investment bank that has focused on backing startups making nonalcoholic beverages is growing up a little for its second fund. First Beverage Group, which raised $64 million last...
View ArticleCalifa Farms Raises $225 Million
Califa Farms, the downtown-based dairy-free food and beverage distributor, has raised $225 million from a group of foreign investors to fuel its international expansion and launch new product lines,...
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Brand Firm Supports Black Winemakers
From the 2005 founding of her international company, Heritage Link Brands, and successfully carving out an ethical purpose in the $300 billion wine industry to her current role as president of...
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