The Business Journal has been the comprehensive source for business news in Fresno, Kings, Madera and Tulare counties. We deliver the Valley’s most important business stories in print, digital, and via email the Daily Update/Morning Roundup newsletters. Sign Up today and stay up to date with what’s happening in your business community.

Reprints: Specify Issue Date, Page Number and Column Heading in Customer Notes during checkout.

Become a Subscriber!

Click Here

Byline: John Lindt

27 Mar

Dairy industry sees sales skyrocket, prices tank

published on March 27, 2020 - 2:33 PM

It’s been a wild ride for the ag industry during the COVID-19 crisis, especially for a dairy sector that has

25 Mar

Lemoore’s Olam plant not likely to operate

published on March 25, 2020 - 1:25 PM

Singapore-based Olam is expected to attempt to sell off its California tomato processing plants this year, and is not likely

12 Mar

Visalia Aldi store gets pushback due to zoning

published on March 12, 2020 - 12:40 PM

The Aldi grocery chain wants to open a new store in Visalia but is facing some pushback. The German retailer

31 Jan

Valley’s first ‘pot café’ may open in this small town

published on January 31, 2020 - 1:31 PM

The community of Lemoore appears ready to offer a full-on embrace of the “cannabusiness” with four projects now in the

10 Jan

More Visalia spec industrial buildings get permits

published on January 10, 2020 - 9:42 AM

Two more massive, speculative industrial buildings got City of Visalia permits in recent weeks. Fresno’s Diversified Development Group (DDG) will...

This content is for paid members only.
Subcribe Now

Already a member? Log in here

07 Oct

State’s oldest dairy calling it quits

published on October 7, 2019 - 11:08 AM

Years of low dairy milk prices is forcing California’s oldest dairy to end operations. A complete dispersal auction of the

04 Oct

Foster Farms wins bid for Zacky Farms remnant

published on October 4, 2019 - 9:17 AM

In a compromise settlement between the lender companies in the Zacky Farms bankruptcy, California’s largest poultry producer, Foster Farms, has

20 Aug

Lemoore still hopes to land ‘Valley Pure’

published on August 20, 2019 - 1:55 PM

Despite the withdrawal by the cannabis company Valley Pure on a deal to buy city-owned land at 19 ½ Ave.

19 Jul

Pier 1 Imports store on the chopping block

published on July 19, 2019 - 2:12 PM

Home goods retailer Pier 1 Imports has announced it could close as many as 145 more stores in the fiscal

18 Jun

CEO of California Dairies stepping down

published on June 18, 2019 - 2:40 PM

The CEO of Visalia-based California Dairies is stepping down later this year. Andrei Mikhalevsky, president and CEO of California Dairies

BLOG: For the Central Valley, policy must work in practice — not just on paper

Posted: February 18, 2026 at 2:41 pm

For the Central Valley, Sacramento is not abstract. State policy
Read more »
BLOG: Hobby Lobby called California “off limits” — then Visalia broke sales records

Posted: February 17, 2026 at 8:22 am

When Hobby Lobby decided to open its first store in
Read more »