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Maple Street Biscuit Company Inc. CEO Scott Moore said Saturday that customers won’t see changes in recipes, hours or operations now that Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. owns the restaurant company.

“For now, you can come into Maple Street and get the same stuff from the same people doing it the same way,” Moore said a day after Cracker Barrel announced it paid $36 million in cash for Maple Street.

The Church of Eleven22 filed plans for a $15 million expansion of its San Pablo campus — $13 million more than its $2 million build-out of the property in 2012.

The church will expand into the former Hobby Lobby store next door and build a 3,000-seat worship space for its main services, said Shawn Maxwell, the church’s executive director of operations.

GuideWell Inc., the parent company of Florida Blue, announced Wednesday it will add 750 jobs at its Riverside Avenue office Downtown.

The mix of 500 contract and 250 full-time positions will increase the workforce at the 532 Riverside Ave. office to 1,750.

Fidelity National Information Services Inc. solidified its position as a major global financial technology company two months ago with its $43 billion acquisition of Worldpay Inc.

So what’s next for the Jacksonville-based company known as FIS?

Regional economic development directors welcome growth in the Jacksonville metro area, but they’re frustrated about the lack of infrastructure, housing and workforce.

Cathy Chambers, economic development manager with Florida Power & Light Co., moderated a panel discussion Oct. 1 at The River Club Downtown.