Hostess, whose snack cakes and sweet treats evoke memories of childhood, will take a more mature attitude to advertising.
Hostess Brands LLC ( Nasdaq: TWNK) said it has pledged to limit its advertising aimed at children under the age of 13. The Leawood-based company signed on to the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative, a national effort to make food advertising to young children healthier.
The initiative includes 19 big food, beverage and restaurant brands, who pledge to use the…Hostess pledges to limit advertising of sweet treats to pre-teens
Hostess, whose snack cakes and sweet treats evoke memories of childhood, will take a more mature attitude to advertising.
Hostess Brands LLC ( Nasdaq: TWNK) said it has pledged to limit its advertising aimed at children under the age of 13. The Leawood-based company signed on to the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative, a national effort to make food advertising to young children healthier.
The initiative includes 19 big food, beverage and restaurant brands, who pledge to use the…
A manufacturing facility that opened in Lenexa and almost immediately expanded is part of a deal valued at nearly half a billion dollars.
The Gordon-Rupp Co. (NYSE: GRC) said Thursday that it signed a deal to buy the assets of Tuthill Corp.’s Fill-Rite and Sotera lines. It will pay $525 million for the industrial pump lines, with a net transaction value of $445 million when adjusted for expected tax benefits, according to a release.
The Tuthill operations involved in the sale include facilities…
Sporting Kansas City announced a new signing that brings speed and the ability to entertain the fans. The team added Google Fiber to its sponsorship team.
With the deal, Google Fiber becomes presenting sponsor of the team’s local broadcast streams on SportingKC.com and the team’s mobile app. The broadband provider also will be sponsor of a “fast lane” for fans entering Children’s Mercy Park and for mobile ordering of concessions, according to a release.
Google Fiber has long ties to…
A woman who has owned three medical billing and claims companies in the Kansas City area pleaded guilty to failing to pay roughly $2 million in federal payroll taxes.
Sandra Eller of Napoleon, Missouri, waived her right to a grand jury and plead guilty to charges of failing to truthfully account for and pay federal income taxes and payroll taxes, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri.
Prosecutors say Eller owned an operated three medical billing…
The sports architecture firm increasingly makes green design a key part of its work.
The U.S. Small Business Administration named the head of a growing Kansas City construction company as its 2022 Missouri Small Business Person of the Year.
The SBA honored Jennifer Hart, CEO of Hartline Construction LLC, for continuing to grow with assistance of several programs for small businesses. The company offers carpentry, painting, flooring, concrete and demolition services in Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, according to an SBA release.
Hartline’s revenue has gone from $3.9 million in…