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Lifeway Foods Returns Frozen Kefir to Soft Serve

A Lifeway kefir bottle beside a cup of frozen kefir topped with fruit, nuts and chocolate chips.

PHOTO: Lifeway Foods, Inc.

Lifeway frozen kefir returns to commercial soft-serve machines at froyo destinations in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.

By TM Business Review Newsroom · 2 min read

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Sun Home Saunas Ranks No. 17 in Retail Workplaces

Sun Home Saunas workplace ranking places the San Diego manufacturer No. 17 on Fortune’s 2026 Best Workplaces in Retail list.

Marcello Boldrini, CEO of SI Group, in a suit and patterned tie against a gray background.

Marcello Boldrini Named CEO of SI Group

Marcello Boldrini has been named CEO of SI Group, succeeding David Bradley and bringing decades of specialty chemicals leadership.

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Evermore Orlando Resort Unveils 2026 Holidays

Evermore Orlando Resort holiday programming begins in November with seasonal dining, wellness, family events and New Year’s celebrations.

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Money and Startups

Franchise Demand Cools as Advertising Response Climbs

Franchise Development Outlook data shows U.S. ownership search demand cooling as advertising engagement and inquiry conversion rise.

The numbers

New York by the numbers

4.8%

Unemployment rate

NYC Economic Development Corporation, Economic Snapshot (NYS Department of Labor and BLS data), August 2026 · data

4,653,354

Jobs in New York City

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, QCEW, 2025 · data

12.9%

Office vacancy rate

NYC Economic Development Corporation, Economic Snapshot (CoStar data), 2026 Q2 · data

159,139

New business applications

US Census Bureau, Business Formation Statistics (county, annual), 2025 · data

Property

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Crowne Plaza Opens Times Square Flagship

Late Summer Brings Buyer Deals to NYC Suburbs

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Babyletto Opens Orange County Showroom

Baby furniture and toys displayed in a spacious pastel-coloured Babyletto store.

Andover And Heitman Grow Self Storage Portfolio

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