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JACKSONVILLE-BASED RUBIX FOODS
THE COMPANY CREATING
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THE TASTE MATHIS REPORT
Downtown Hardwicks Bar plans to open by March PAGE 4
THE C-SUITE
Photo by Dede Smith
Rubix Foods CEO Andy Block, CFO and COO Bill Block and Executive Vice President Jeffrey Block inside the company’s Innovation Center and new headquarters in Flagler Center. Rubix develops, tests and provides flavor and functional ingredients for restaurants and food manufacturers.
At its new headquarters and Innovation Center in Flagler Center, it works to develop food products from concept to commercialization. BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
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ou’ve likely tasted Rubix Foods products – and liked them. The Jacksonville-founded and headquartered company has worked with 70% of the top 150 restaurant chains in the U.S. and serves major industrial food-related manufacturers. Rubix Foods develops, tests and provides flavor and functional ingredients for restaurants and food manufacturers, and also develops products to introduce. It cannot publicly disclose the names of the companies it serves, but rubixfoods.com talks about case studies.
Those include developing cold foam for a leading national coffee chain; creating a spicy glaze for a leading quick-serve restaurant’s fried chicken sandwich that helps maintain the crispy coating; adding protein to the egg products of a national food manufacturer; and formulating a “mother sauce base” for a 250-unit national restaurant chain that needed a signature “made-from-scratch” flavor. “We want to strategically partner with our customers,” said Executive Vice President Jeffrey Block during a tour Sept. 15 of the new Rubix Innovation Center in Flagler Center. “Manufacturers are mesmerized by SEE RUBIX, PAGE 10
Selection of former Ford exec as CSX CEO a surprise PAGE 6 REAL ESTATE
Home prices cooling off The bidding wars and surging prices for Northeast Florida homes during the pandemic are ending, according to the Northeast Florida Association of Realtors. PAGE 8 DEVELOPMENT
New plan for apartments Photo by Karen Brune Mathis
Balloons and a ceremonial ribbon stand at the entrance to Rubix Foods in Flagler Center. The company celebrated its new headquarters with a grand opening Sept. 20.
The community proposed on the site of Adventure Landing could move closer to Beach Boulevard. PAGE 3 LAW & THE COURTS
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THE BASCH REPORT
Electric vehicle maker preparing to start Cenntro Electric Group Ltd., the company planning to open an electric vehicle plant in Jacksonville, says it will begin trial assembly operations by the end of 2022. PAGE 16
Schlesinger honored The Jacksonville Chapter of the Federal Bar Association celebrated its 50th anniversary by honoring its founder, Senior U.S. District Judge Harvey Schlesinger. PAGE 18
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