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Sauer Brands buys top popcorn seasoning brand in U.S.
Richmond-based Sauer Brands Inc. is expanding into popcorn seasoning with the acquisition of Chicago Custom Foods LLC, the company announced Tuesday. CCF makes Kernel Season’s, a brand that makes more than 20 popcorn flavors. Sauer, which owns Duke’s Mayonnaise, The Spice Hunter and its own line of spices and seasoning, did [...]
Glen Allen-based real estate investment company names regional VP
Glen Allen-based real estate investment company Capital Square announced Monday that it has named Marc Meunier as regional vice president. He will be responsible for sales in the company’s northeast territory. Meunier was most recently the regional vice president for California-based SmartStop Asset Management LLC. In his new [...]
Virginia Aquarium names VP of marketing
The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center in Virginia Beach announced Thursday it has named Natalie Sims as its vice president of marketing. Sims was most recently the marketing senior leader for SeaWorld, Aquatica and Sesame Place in San Diego, and previously the marketing director for Busch Gardens in Williamsburg. I[...]
Va. Beach real estate investment company names new managing principal, CIO
Virginia Beach-based real estate investment company Croatan Investments announced Monday that Eric Smith will serve as its new managing principal and chief investment officer. Smith was most recently the chief operating officer and CIO at Armada Hoffler Properties, also in Virginia Beach. During his career, he’s worked with [...]
Student housing community to be built near Virginia Tech
A 517,000-square-foot student housing community will be built near Virginia Tech, New York City-based Eyzenberg & Co. announced Thursday. Financial terms of the development have not been disclosed. Charleston, South Carolina-based real estate developer Greystar will develop the 424-unit property on a 11.5-acre lot at 100[...]
Booz Allen Hamilton pledges job security for employees through July 1
McLean-based global IT consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton has pledged to keep its 27,000 workers employed at least through July 1 during the COVID-19 crisis, and has also pledged funding to support employees dealing with health care and child care issues. The company announced Thursday it will redirect $100 million to a “pandemic resilience program” […]
Sheetz to offer free meals to children starting April 2
Pennsylvania-based Sheetz Inc. gas stations and convenience stores will start providing free lunches for children in need at 21 locations in Virginia on Thursday, April 2. The program is set to last for two weeks, but the company says it will evaluate community need and will extend the program if need persists. Sheetz is running[...]
SAIC closes $1.2B deal to acquire Unisys Federal
Reston-based government and defense technology contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) completed its acquisition of Reston-based federal government information technology services contractor Unisys Federal on March 13 for $1.2 billion in cash, the company announced Monday. The acquisition was first announced Feb. 6 and brings Unisys Federal’s cloud migration, among other services, to SAIC and […][...]
Amazon to build two operations facilities in Hampton Roads, create 1,500 jobs
Amazon.com Inc. will build two operations facilities in Hampton Roads, creating an expected 1,500 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. Both facilities are anticipated to open in 2021. The first facility is a multi-story robotics fulfillment center in Suffolk, which will create 1,000 jobs. The second is a 650,000-square-foot processing center in Chesapeake, which will […]
Howard Shockey & Sons Inc. names new senior VP
Jonathan Cadle has been named senior vice president at Howard Shockey & Sons Inc., a Winchester-based general contractor that is 124 years old. He joins the firm from Glen Allen-based Hitt Contracting Inc., where he served as vice president, Shockey announced this week. With 25 years in the construction industry, Cadle is a [...]
Federal contractor Steampunk names chief design officer
McLean-based federal information technology services provider Steampunk Inc. announced Tuesday that Jen Sessums has joined the company as its chief design officer. Sessums was most recently the director of customer experience design at Fannie Mae, where she led the creative customer service studio overseeing user experience prof[...]
$49M recycled pulp facility coming to Chesapeake
Oregon-based Total Fiber Recovery LLC will invest $49 million to establish its first pulp recycling facility in Chesapeake, creating 68 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday. The Chesapeake facility is set to begin operations in 2021 and annually process 300,000 tons of mixed paper and recycled fiber from materials recovery facilities in the region. The […]
