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The reception area of Ferrara Candy headquarters in the newly refurbished Old Post Office building at 433 W. Van Buren St. in Chicago is seen on Tuesday, Jan 21, 2020.

Ferrara Candy to add 500 jobs at new distribution center slated for DeKalb

February 11, 2020 at 7:58 a.m.

A growing Ferrara Candy is building a new distribution complex in DeKalb that is expected to employ 500 people by spring of next year. The Chicago-based candy company, which is...

Lee Hogan has closed her restaurant, Miss Lee's Good Food, after 21 years in business on East Garfield Boulevard in Chicago. Hogan waited tables at another South Side restaurant for two decades before opening her own business.

Miss Lee’s Good Food, a South Side soul food institution, closes as owner retires. ‘We’re losing a real gem in the community.’

February 11, 2020 at 1:24 p.m.

For 21 years, Lee Hogan felt called to cook. "God gave me a gift," said Hogan, owner of Miss Lee's Good Food, a fixture of the South Side's soul food...

Tyson to cut 500 jobs, including some in Chicago, as part of restructuring

February 7, 2020 at 5:11 p.m.

Tyson Foods is eliminating about 500 jobs, mostly corporate roles in Chicago and Arkansas, as part of a restructuring program. The world's second-largest processor of poultry, pork and beef said...

Workers prepare beds at Wuhan International Conference and Exhibition Center on Feb. 4, 2020 in Wuhan, China. The city is converting three venues into hospitals to receive patients infected with the coronavirus.

Chicago businesses vulnerable as coronavirus spreads. ‘We’re really going to find out how tied every company in the world is to China.’

February 5, 2020 at 11:39 a.m.

Custom clothing startup Balodana's clients are usually in no rush to get their orders. They know made-to-order garments take time, especially when they're coming from designers around the world. But...

Portillo's fans awaiting the opening of the chain's promised restaurant on Chicago's Northwest Side can rest assured that it is still coming — just a year behind schedule.

Portillo’s still plans to open on Chicago’s Northwest Side, just a year behind schedule

February 6, 2020 at 11:25 a.m.

Portillo's fans awaiting the opening of the chain's promised restaurant on Chicago's Northwest Side can rest assured that it is still coming — just a year behind schedule. The purveyor...

An Instacart shopper works in Denver in 2014. Instacart employees at a Skokie Mariano's voted Saturday to unionize.

Instacart in-store shoppers in Skokie vote to unionize, a first for the online grocery delivery company

February 4, 2020 at 12:47 p.m.

A group of Instacart employees at a Skokie Mariano's have become the first at the online grocery delivery company to unionize. The part-time employees, who fulfill the grocery orders picked...

Burgers are seasoned on a mini grill in 2014 before a Bears game at Soldier Field. A large new study conducted by researchers at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine found that eating two servings of red meat or processed meat weekly is associated with a 3% to 7% higher risk of cardiovascular disease.

Sorry, meat lovers: New Northwestern research confirms health risks, clashes with last year’s optimistic report

February 3, 2020 at 11:44 a.m.

Eating red and processed meat is linked to higher rates of heart disease and death, says a large new study — a finding that would be met with a big...

Budweiser and Miller beer products are stored in the cooler at a convenience store in 2014.

Last Super Bowl launched beer’s corn syrup wars. A year later, there’s one clear winner: Hard seltzer.

February 1, 2020 at 9:03 a.m.

One of the most memorable plays of last year's humdrum Super Bowl happened not on the field but during a commercial break. Anheuser-Busch ran a surprise ad that showed the...

The exterior of McDonald's global headquarters in Chicago's Fulton Market district, west of the Loop.

From suburban bubble to urban bustle: McDonald’s employees say HQ move to Fulton Market has made the company faster, younger. And applications are way up.

January 25, 2020 at 10:33 a.m.

When Nubia Murray moved to Chicago from Manhattan three years ago to take a corporate job at McDonald's in Oak Brook, she didn't realize what a culture shock it would...

Yelp has started flagging Chicago restaurants with the worst health inspection violations

January 22, 2020 at 3:00 p.m.

Yelp has started flagging Chicago restaurants with the worst health inspection violations, a feature it hopes will motivate businesses to clean up their acts if they want to keep operating....

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