Zomick's, Five Towns Pharmacy Topped Business Headlines in 2013

2013 was a good year for some and a bad year for others in the business world. In Five Towns, long-running businesses shuttered and others opened bringing new ideas to their customers.

Here are the top business stories of 2013:

Inspectors Find Beetles at Zomick's

Zomick’s Bakery is internationally known for its kosher breads, cakes and pastries, but you probably don't know the Inwood-based warehouse has battled an unhealthy pest problem since opening in 2005, according to inspection records from the state's Department of Agriculture and Markets. Click here for the full story.

Related: Zomick's Fires Back: Our Bakery is a 'Model for Food Safety'

The internationally known kosher bakery Zomick’s is refuting claims of a major pest problem that has plagued the company’s Inwood factory since 2005, stating that it is a “model for food safety.” Click here for the full story.

73-Year-Old Pharmacy Ceases Operation

Five Towns Pharmacy, which had been operating at its current Broadway location since 1990 and opened in the community 50 years before then, ceased operations in April. Click here for the full story.

New 7-Eleven Coming to Former Gas Station

The Five Towns will soon be home to its third 7-Eleven store, with the convenience store chain setting up shop at the former Shell gas station in Hewlett. Click here for the full story.

More headlines:

• 61 Sandy Contractors Arrested in Nassau Sting
• Eatery Aims to Make 'Real' Chinese Food Kosher
• Xaga Sushi to Pay More than $288,000 in Back Wages
• Urgent Care Facility Opens in Hewlett