Joey McLaughlin talks with Springfield Business Journal Publisher, Michelle Ownbey about this week’s big business stories.

Potbelly Sandwich Shop is opening its first Springfield location on Tuesday, March 26, inside the Memorial Learning Center, 228 W. Miller St.

Charro Mexican Restaurant, a family-owned business based in Chesterfield, Missouri, with additional locations in Taylorville and Decatur, is coming to Springfield.

Less than a year after closing its brick-and-mortar store, Alinda Hale has merged Eye Candy Boutique with Deep South Pout, an online boutique based in Mississippi.

After 149 years and four generations, the family-owned Armbruster Manufacturing Company is closing its doors. The facility has been sold to a national franchise business.