Minority-owned Business

An independently produced report includes complaints of companies facing a double standard, bid shopping and closed networks.

St. Louis-based Fulfill Food & Beverages recently notched $1 million in annual sales — largely due to the popularity of its Karviva (formerly Karuna) prebiotic smoothie and juice beverages.

Valerie Liddell hopes to build Grind + Growth into the state’s first Black-owned business incubator. The two-year-old south St. Louis nonprofit features co-working space and resources to promote minority entrepreneurship.

A former St. Louis County Councilwoman and member of Sam Page’s administration has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the county. Hazel Erby’s suit, filed Friday, accuses Page of firing her as the county’s director of diversity, equity and inclusion in August because she told Page that a contract for a temporary morgue did not have enough participation from minority- or women-owned businesses.

Earlier this month, Yousef Shawish woke up at 4 a.m. to a call from the police. They told him his convenience store, Quick Shop One Market on Natural…

Justine Petersen, a leading microlender in the region, hopes a $200,000 investment from JPMorgan Chase will help minority-owned small businesses north of…

Cheryl Watkins-Moore has a vision.Even though the building she’s standing in is empty, she points to spots where she can see a trendy coffee bar beneath a…