Scuttlebiz: New Panera Bread bakery-cafe headed to Grovetown
Renderings for the 1.25-acre development show Panera will occupy 57 parking spaces next to an undeveloped 1-acre parcel that also fronts
Panera's other eateries are at the Augusta Exchange shopping center in
SCH-WING!: A stone's throw from the future Panera will be the area's second Wild Wing Café. The owners of the Augusta Wild Wing on
If built, the wing-and-beer chain would occupy the 1.7-acre tract next door to Dairy Queen.
MEANWHILE, IN THE CITY: The smoked-meat specialists from North Augusta's Riverside
"We've been doing a lot of the work ourselves," Gibbs said.
When the two are finished, the 75-seat eatery will have two service lines: a fast-casual area for the lunch-hour/on-the-go crowd; and a more traditional seating area where diners can peruse the menu and enjoy a drink from the full-service bar. A section of space will be set aside for a small stage designed for acoustic performances.
A brick-and-mortar restaurant is something the pair has long worked toward.
"We started off in barbecue competitions and we grew from there to vending at barbecue competitions and grew from there to doing some off-the-street stuff in North Augusta," Gibbs said. "So this has kind of been a work in progress for the last few years."
Sandwich City, which opened in 1972 at the corner of
Gibbs said the new venture won't change Riverside Smoke's "secret sauce."
"We want it to be as close to small-batch, competition-style barbecue as possible -- as fresh as we can get it," he said. "That's what we know and that's what we do."
WENDY GETS A NEW OUTFIT: The Wendy's restaurant at
MEGA MILLIONS: I was scrolling through recent property records and came across a
That's the sale of
University, which developed the continuing-care facility in 1990, announced in June it was negotiating the sale because it was becoming increasingly difficult to operate a stand-alone community at the level of quality its 400 residents "expect and deserve."
University-affiliated corporate entities still own 40 undeveloped acres west of Brandon Wilde as well as 62 acres to the north, which serves as University's Evans Campus.
HEY, WHAT ABOUT US?: WalletHub's recently released 2019's Best College & University Rankings report compares nearly 1,000 higher-education institutions in the
But not
Neither metro area university made any of the personal finance site's lists.
In case you were wondering about
Before you get outraged about smaller institutions getting recognition over ours, let me quote WalletHub's asterisk: "Note: Some institutions were excluded from our sample due to data limitations. If you would like to have your university included in the 2019 Ranking please contact us at: [email protected]"
A RECORD PACE: List or no list, USC Aiken is growing.
The campus just hit 3,700 students, an enrollment record that includes all students -- full-time, part-time, undergraduate, graduate and online.
The university offers more than 50 majors and four graduate degrees, with the most highly sought-after programs being business administration, nursing and industrial processes engineering.
This year, USC Aiken launched a master's in educational leadership degree and bachelor's degrees in applied mathematics and applied computer science with concentrations in cybersecurity and applied gaming.
HEY BRO, HOW MUCH YOU MAKE?: We all know millennials like to talk. And text. And tweet. And
That's what a Bankrate.com survey said. The personal finance website said a third of those aged 18 to 37 would divulge their salary to co-workers, compared to just 18 percent of baby boomers.
About half of millennials, 48 percent, would tell their romantic partner; 58 percent would tell a friend; and 64 percent would tell a non-spouse family member.
Interestingly, nearly 1 in 5 adults -- 19 percent -- haven't told their spouse or romantic co-habitator how much they earn. Seems like a topic that would come up at some point.
LIVING THE DREAM: I don't need to find a new line of work. My "dream job," apparently, is the one I already have.
At least, that's according to a survey by
The University's "America's Dream Job" survey asked workers in 25 industries what their dream industry would be, and 11 of them (including HR professionals, insurance workers and retail employees) chose the "entertainment industry."
The rest, including accountants, engineers, educators, construction workers and broadcasters/journalists, said they were perfectly happy with the industry they are in.
You know people sometimes lie on surveys, right?
Here's where the dream job-survey gets interesting: A "dream salary" for men is
Gender aside, survey respondents clearly want to work on
Basically, everyone wants
But not so fast! When it comes to actually building a business (like Hef did), a majority of respondents said they wouldn't do it if the business required them to log more than 60 hours per week. Jeez...with so many rainbows and unicorns in people's heads, it's a wonder 25 percent of Americans say their current job is their "dream job."
Seriously, I love my job. But I'm not going to tell you my salary. What do I look like, a millennial?
THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN: It's open-enrollment season, including for those who don't get employer-sponsored health insurance.
Open enrollment for
If you happen to be one of those roughly 500,000 folks navigating
And in the metro
According to consumer site ValuePenguin.com, the price of the cheapest local exchange plan -- BCBSHP Silver Pathway X HMO 6000 -- will run
Insurance isn't my area of expertise, so I can offer no explanation on why an unmarried 40-year-old in
This wasn't my idea, folks.
The only advice I can give to the uninsured who don't want state-exchange insurance is simple: don't buy it. Now that the tax penalty has been stripped from Obamacare, there's nothing compelling you to follow the toothless (and horribly flawed) mandate. I personally wouldn't make that gamble because medical care is not free (and if it was, you probably wouldn't like it). But to each his own.
Besides, if you are truly poor, you're probably already on Medicaid. If you're just a cheapskate, you might consider looking into an ACA-compliant "off-exchange" plan through your friendly independent insurance agent. He or she can sit down with you and help you shop around for a plan that best suits your needs.
I'm not saying you'll be happy with the price quote, but at least you'll have the satisfaction of freely exercising your options.
Take that, "The Man."
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