• Philadelphia Magazine Crowns New Montgomery County Hoagie Champ, Vaunting an Eagles-Style Underdog

    Philadelphia Magazine Crowns New Montgomery County Hoagie Champ, Vaunting an Eagles-Style Underdog

    Just in time for Super Bowl 2023 nourishment, Philadelphia Magazine has cited some of the best hoagies in the area. The assessment took three culinary experts from its staff to determine: Bradford Pearson, Regan Fletcher Stephens, and Victor Fiorillo. What’s surprising about the list is there is one — and only one — Montgomery County…

  • Spring House Doctor Offers Insight into Our Attraction to Scented Candles

    Spring House Doctor Offers Insight into Our Attraction to Scented Candles

    Many people find scented candles irresistible this time of year, and there is a good reason for it, according to otolaryngologist Marta Becker of Clarity ENT in Spring House, writes Terry Ward for National Geographic.  “Scent is closely connected with the emotional center of our brain and our center of memory,” said Becker. “It’s very…

  • French Supplier of Pharmaceutical Starch Products Opens $25 Million Center in Spring House

    French Supplier of Pharmaceutical Starch Products Opens $25 Million Center in Spring House

    Roquette, a French supplier of pharmaceutical-use starches, has opened at $25 million “innovation center” in Spring House. John George reported the expansion in the Philadelphia Business Journal. Roquette’s plant-based product line includes natural fillers that ease the swallowing of tablet medications for consumers. The 23,000-square-foot space features a series of small research and development labs.…

  • Regional Pizzeria, Looking to Spice Up Its Brand, Tosses to Customers for New Mascot Name

    Regional Pizzeria, Looking to Spice Up Its Brand, Tosses to Customers for New Mascot Name

    Tony Roni’s, a regional pizzeria, recently deepened its brand presence by adding a mascot named Peppi Roni. He is being positioned as as a unique visual in the active Phila. metro pizza market. After deciding on a look — a happy slice of pie with a distinctive crust mustache (he’s currently sporting a festive Santa…

  • Montco Donut Aficionados: Here’s a Local Flavor Combo That Mochi Fans Will Enjoy Muchly

    Montco Donut Aficionados: Here’s a Local Flavor Combo That Mochi Fans Will Enjoy Muchly

    The donut biz — having already responded to flavor trends from 1960s sugary cereal toppings to cross-breeding (cronuts) to alcohol infusions — is evolving once again. Mochi Ring Donut, a new chain, now has two shops in Montgomery County, selling fried dough circles made from the namesake Japanese rice cakes. Details on this latest donut…

  • Spring House Restaurant Was an Early Adopter of QR Menus – With No Plans to Go Back to Paper

    Spring House Restaurant Was an Early Adopter of QR Menus – With No Plans to Go Back to Paper

    In the early days of the pandemic, many restaurants turned to QR codes instead of printed menus, with Arpeggio BYOB in Spring House being one of the earliest adopters, writes Michael Klein for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Since the focus on the spread of the coronavirus has now shifted from surfaces to airborne issues, some restaurants…

  • French Life Sciences Firm Plans to Build Regional Headquarters in Spring House Innovation Park

    French Life Sciences Firm Plans to Build Regional Headquarters in Spring House Innovation Park

    French life sciences firm Roquette is planning to build a $25 million regional headquarters in the Spring House Innovation Park in Lower Gwynedd, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The 23,000-square-foot complex will include a research and development lab along with an innovation center. It is expected to open in the summer of…

  • 200 Montgomery County Residents Got Vaccinated with Help from Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium

    200 Montgomery County Residents Got Vaccinated with Help from Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium

    The Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium held a walk-up vaccine clinic at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Spring House this past week, where 200 Montgomery County residents managed to get their vaccines, according to a staff report from CBS Philly. Only people living in the county’s hardest-hit zip codes who are part of Phase 1-B were able…

  • Spring House-Based Company Raises $2.3M to Manufacture COVID-19 Nasal Antiseptic, Mouth Rinse

    Spring House-Based Company Raises $2.3M to Manufacture COVID-19 Nasal Antiseptic, Mouth Rinse

    Spring House-based Halodine has raised $2.3 million through a private stock sale to scale up manufacturing of its antiseptics that has been developed to offer an extra level of protection against COVID-19, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The company is a spinoff of Florida-based Veloce BioPharma, which was working on mid-stage clinical…

  • Janssen Pharmaceutical Finalizes $750M Acquisition of Rights to XBiotech’s New Drug Candidate for Multiple Dermatological Conditions

    Janssen Pharmaceutical Finalizes $750M Acquisition of Rights to XBiotech’s New Drug Candidate for Multiple Dermatological Conditions

    Janssen Pharmaceutical of Johnson & Johnson, with a research campus in Spring House, has finalized its $750 million acquisition of the rights to XBiotech’s bermekimab, a new drug candidate with the potential to treat multiple dermatological conditions, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The deal also involves a number of employees transferring from…

  • Montco Hunger Solutions Distributes Record Number of Thanksgiving Packages This Year

    Montco Hunger Solutions Distributes Record Number of Thanksgiving Packages This Year

    Montco Hunger Solutions, a part of the Share Food Program, distributed a record number of Thanksgiving packages this year. The Thanksgiving food distribution first began more than three decades ago as a Johnson & Johnson initiative. It was then taken over by Montco Hunger Solutions 13 years ago and is now running under its new…

  • Ernst Brothers Builders in Spring House adds construction estimator to team

    Ernst Brothers Builders in Spring House adds construction estimator to team

    Ernst Brothers Builders, a niche construction firm, has hired Joe Kelly as construction estimator and project manager to assist the company as it continues its expansion into more complex projects throughout the Delaware Valley. Kelly comes to Ernst after 18 years with a high-end custom builder in Bucks County, where he worked his way up…