Original Post: https://www.bloombergquint.com Puerto Rico’s biggest brewery had a problem: Beer demand was plummeting, the population was shrinking and Hurricane Maria had shut at least 1,000 retailers and bars that poured its product. So in March, the maker of Medalla hired a distributor and started selling its...
PRESS RELEASE ORLANDO, Fla. - A Puerto Rican solar energy company with offices in Orlando and Fort Lauderdale received a major national award for initiatives it deployed to build a more energy-independent Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria left the island in the dark for almost a...
Original Post: https://www.bizjournals.com Latin restaurant chain Meson Sandwiches isn't resting on its laurels when it comes to its U.S. expansion plan in Orlando. Puerto Rico-based Meson Sandwiches — which opened its third Central Florida location earlier this year near Orlando International Airport and has a fourth in...
Original Post: https://features.weather.com A year after Hurricane Maria destroyed Vimarie Cardona’s home in Puerto Rico, she and two daughters faced homelessness in Central Florida. The federal program paying for their stay in a hotel near Orlando was set to end. Cardona’s full-time job, making beds at...
Original Post: https://www.elnuevodia.com Orlando, Fla. - Ella es la gladiadora de algunas de las marcas puertorriqueñas más emblemáticas que han aterrizado en Florida central. Y las defiende no porque sea su trabajo, sino porque las consume y está convencida de que son buenos productos. La diáspora post-María,...
Original Post: https://www.pbs.org Vimarie Cardona and her three children have spent the past 10 months living in a hotel room paid for by the federal government, after evacuating to the U.S. mainland from Puerto Rico when Hurricane Maria damaged the family’s home last year. But now, on...
Original Post: https://www.brewbound.com ORLANDO, Fla. — On September 7, as the nation pays hommage to the third most popular drink overall after water and tea during National Beer Lover’s Day, Medalla Light beer will mark the occasion by introducing in Florida its popular 12 oz. bottle as it reaches the milestone...
Original Post: https://www.huffingtonpost.com It’s been a year since Hurricane Maria upended Jennyfer Ortiz’s life. The single mother fled Puerto Rico with her two children after their house in the mountain town of Orocovis lost power. They have been using a government-funded program to pay for a...
Original Post www.nytimes.com MIAMI — Almost a year after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, more than 1,000 families who lost their homes remain in hotel rooms paid for by the government. Thursday, a judge’s ruling gave them two more weeks before that assistance runs out, though...
Original Post www.bedtimesmagazine.com Global Mattress, a mattress manufacturer and retailer headquartered in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, is expanding to the continental United States with the opening of six stores in Florida. The first store opened in July in Lake Mary. Three others are expected to open this...