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Local Restaurant Serves Local Customers While Donating Meals to African Children

Malawi's Pizza franchisee Frank Franco and management trainee Jenna Archer at the pizza oven. (George Slaughter photo)

By George Slaughter A relatively new Katy restaurant is working both to serve its local customers while donating meals to hungry children in an African country. Malawi’s Pizza, a gourmet pizza restaurant, opened in February. It’s located at 2918 W. Grand Parkway North, Suite 230, in the Grand Morton Town Center. For every meal purchased, Malawi’s Pizza donates a meal to children in Malawi, an African country located in the eastern portion of the African […]

Local Buc-ee’s Boasts of the Biggest Carwash

Buc-ee's is a Texas-based corporation

By George Slaughter Texans are known for bragging about everything being bigger and better in Texas. For the new Katy Buc-ee’s convenience store, 27700 I-10 Frontage Road, the bragging rights extend to the Guinness Book of World Records. Specifically, the car wash conveyor belt measures 255 feet. The Guinness Book of World Record web site said that the record was based on market research carried out by Brink Results, LLC, and verified in September. The […]