A shortage of available grains and malt due to a number of supply chain issues has thrown a wrench in production for New Jersey’s brewery industry.

Later this fall, peer-to-peer U.S. exchange Prophet will launch its headquarters on the Hudson River ahead of the NFL and college football season. 

The Shark Tank alum has opened two Garden State locations since it launched in N.J. in 2019. Nationwide, 54 are open and 60 are in development.

Officials estimate the initiative has enabled nonprofits to use the previous $14 million of grants to buy over 3.5 million meals from more than 350 pandemic-hit restaurants across the state during some of the worst times of the COVID-19 pandemic for its neediest residents.

Focused on fresh food and meal solutions, the offering joins locations in Brookdale, Greenwich and Burlington, and Monroe, N.Y.

Eight of New Jersey’s nine gaming palaces were profitable as they slowly restarted operations after a year of pandemic closures and limitations.

Orange resident Alexandra Schrecengost created Virtual With Us, an online event company that employed furloughed restaurant workers and sommeliers to host virtual cocktail parties and classes to keep people connected during the height of the pandemic. And this fall she plans to release her own wine.

The Parsippany company filed documents with the SEC under which it may offer and sell up to 7.5 million shares of its common stock.

Restaurateurs and caterers around the state admit to feeling a sense of anxiety about the effects of the delta variant on their businesses, as delays in restoring supply chains and labor shortages continue to plague the industry and hinder its full recovery.

North Jersey-based French bakery chain Paris Baguette has 90 locations nationwide, with sights set on even greater growth in the next decade.

When its business dried up, InCharged - which sets up branded cell phone charging stations at music festivals, trade shows, and other large-scale events - switched gears with its disinfection technology subsidiary LuxDisinfect.

The Montclair eatery is the second establishment in the state to ask patrons to show proof they've been inoculated in order to dine indoors.