By Christina Haley O Neal, posted May 12, 2021
Polyhose Inc. will soon begin operations at its newly constructed facility inside the Pender Commerce Park. (Photo courtesy of Polyhose) The North American headquarters of Polyhose Inc. is ready to begin operations in the Pender Commerce Park this summer, company officials said this week.
To prepare for the company s start in Pender County, the India-based hose manufacturer is currently interviewing for new positions, with plans to hire up to 12 people this year, said Jonathan Pressler, Polyhose s senior vice president.
Polyhose is hiring for positions in office support, sales, management, general warehouse, shipping and assembly.
By Christina Haley O Neal, posted May 11, 2021 The impact of the Colonial Pipeline outage has the area’s gas supply drying up at the pump.
Like other businesses that rely on the pipeline in the area, a company that runs gas station and convenience store operations in the Cape Fear region is feeling the effects.
Fayetteville-based Holt Oil Co., which operates the Holt C-Store convenience store brand and has an office in Wilmington, was continuing to monitor the situation Tuesday.
“We’re expecting the disruption to last several weeks,” said Hannah Holt, Holt Oil s marketing and operations director. “I know that today, I believe all of our stores are out of gas. We might have some premium gas left. And we don’t know when we are going to get another delivery.”
By Jessica Maurer, posted May 7, 2021
MEMAâS CHICKâNâ & RIBS | MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESS MYRA MCDUFFIE, CO-OWNER| YEAR FOUNDED: 2017 | EMPLOYEES: 5. (Photo by Erin Costa) It’s been said that the road to success is always under construction, and the saying rings true for the McDuffie family.
James and Myra McDuffie opened MeMa’s Chick’n’ & Ribs in Burgaw in 2017, serving up classic Southern cuisine and smoked meats prepared from family recipes passed down from James’ mother, Mary, also known as MeMa.
The restaurant and catering service quickly gained a loyal following locally, and thanks to billboards on Interstate-40, has become a stopping point for many travelers from out of town. There is a world map on the wall at MeMa’s where people from every state and continent have pinned where they are from.
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The bank, which has five branches in the Wilmington market, has announced Low Cash Mode for its customers who use the bank’s digital Virtual Wallet bank account and money management program.
“Low Cash Mode digital offering … is expected to help Virtual Wallet customers avoid overdraft fees through unprecedented account transparency and control to manage through low-cash moments or mistimed payments,” the Pittsburgh- based financial institution announced last month in a news release. While some customers already have access to it, PNC expects the program to launch nationwide in June and July.
Simply put, the new patent-pending tech offering lets customers know when a pending payment will cause an overdraft.