40North Restaurants, the full-service division of Villa Restaurant Group, has acquired Town Bar + Kitchen restaurant in Morristown from Town Management Group. 40North acquired the whole building at 80 Elm St. as part of the deal. Town Bar + Kitchen joins 40North’s portfolio of other restaurants including The Office Tavern Grill locations in Morristown, Summit ...

Three weeks into a federal shutdown that has over 5,000 New Jerseyans out of work, Hidden Grounds Coffee offers a cup of relief: free coffee and pastries to all federal employees until the shutdown is over. The coffee shop put a sign up Tuesday and posted on social media that the offer is “valid until ...

Have you ever spotted Soupman products in your local grocery store? What about the plant-based Impossible Burger on the menu at any of 5,000 eateries from Michelin star restaurants to White Castle? Without the Rutgers Food Innovation Center, it’s likely neither would have been brought to market.

Tampa, Fla.-based craft beer bar The Brass Tap will open its first New Jersey location this month as it continues nationwide expansion.

In 2009, John and Debra Basile purchased the farmland that would become the location for their Monroeville Winery & Vineyard. The establishment in Upper Pittsgrove Township in the flat coastal plain 20 miles north of the Delaware Bay boasts 30 acres for growing grapes and making wine.

Ferrero North America has made some big moves in the last two years. It acquired Nestle’s U.S. candy business for a reported $2.8 billion in January, making it the third-largest chocolate company in the country. They nabbed Illinois-based Ferrera Candy Co. a few months before that and Midwestern mainstay Fannie May Chocolates the previous spring. Now, they’re rumored to be on the verge of buying Campbell Soup Co.’s international business and snack segments — though Paul Chibe, CEO of Ferrero North America, would not comment on the speculation.

Campbell Soup Co.’s international business is up for grabs, and according to Kraft Heinz stakeholder Krupa Global Investments, Kraft is interested in sealing the deal.

Foods that are or may be bioengineered are now required to disclose that information, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service published Friday.

Westchester, N.Y.-based Best Cheese Corp. will be integrated into Paramus-based FrieslandCampina Consumer Dairy U.S. after parent company The Dutch Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. acquired the specialty cheese vendor this week.

Campbell Soup Co. announced late Thursday that its Board of Directors elected Mark Clouse as president and CEO of Campbell effective Jan. 22.