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Customers approach the entrance of the Highland Strack & Van Til food market at Cline Avenue and 45th Street. A lawsuit filed against the former directors of Central Grocers allege that they failed to sell Strack & Van Til and Ultra Foods, grocery chains the co-op owned, even as the business declined.

Suit alleges former directors of Central Grocers drove the grocery co-op into the ground

November 21, 2019 at 8:33 a.m.

A bankruptcy trustee has sued the former officers and directors of Central Grocers, once the largest grocery cooperative in the Chicago area and a wholesaler to hundreds of local retailers,...

El Greater Chicago Food Depository, que surte a las despensas de comida del área, declaró que está trabajando con el Estado de Illinois y socios para responder a lo que probablemente será una alta demanda de asistencia alimentaria.

Beneficiarios podrían perder sus estampillas de comida

November 20, 2019 at 3:58 p.m.

Cerca de 50,000 residentes del condado de Cook que reciben estampillas de comida tendrán que buscan empleo el próximo año, o arriesgar quedarse sin sus beneficios. A partir del 1...

Volunteers sort bags of carrots and place them in boxes at the Greater Chicago Food Depository in Chicago. The depository, which supplies the area's food pantries, said it is working with the state and partner organizations to respond to what likely will be an increased need for food assistance.

50,000 food stamp recipients in Cook County may have to find jobs starting Jan. 1 — or risk losing their benefits

December 5, 2019 at 1:23 p.m.

About 50,000 Cook County residents who receive food stamps are going to have to find jobs next year — or risk losing their benefits. Starting Jan. 1, food stamp recipients...

Molson Coors is partnering with a maker of fermented teas and aloe-infused waters as it expands beyond beer and bets on nonalcoholic beverages.

From Miller time to aloe water break: Molson Coors buys stake in health-focused beverage maker

November 19, 2019 at 10:38 a.m.

Molson Coors is partnering with a maker of fermented teas and aloe-infused waters as it expands beyond beer and bets on nonalcoholic beverages. The brewer announced Monday that it has...

Protein Bar & Kitchen's Beyond Beef menu items.

A refreshed Protein Bar is hungry to grow, start franchising

November 15, 2019 at 10:31 a.m.

After laying low for nearly four years to get its food and operations up to snuff, Chicago-based Protein Bar & Kitchen is ready to grow again. The 10-year-old chain, which...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during the Chicago City Council meeting on Nov. 13, 2019. The mayor unveiled a plan to raise Chicago's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021 and raise the subminimum wage for tipped workers to $8.40 next year

Mayor Lori Lightfoot proposes minimum wage hike that would boost tipped workers’ pay — but not to full $15 an hour

November 13, 2019 at 8:36 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot unveiled a plan Wednesday to raise Chicago's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021 and raise — but not eliminate — the subminimum wage earned by...

The existing Gotham Greens 75,000-square-foot greenhouse on the rooftop of the Method Soap Plant in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood.

‘We see a lot of room for growth’: Gotham Greens is making money farming lettuce on the South Side. Now it’s adding a 2nd greenhouse in Pullman.

November 13, 2019 at 2:18 p.m.

Gotham Greens, whose greenhouse-grown lettuces and herbs have become fixtures at many Chicago restaurants and grocers, has more than doubled its footprint in the city's Pullman neighborhood to satisfy the...

Food worker Jonathan Pinkston scoops food into containers as he and a co-worker prepare 500 prepackaged meals in the food cooler at the Greater Chicago Food Depository on Nov. 8, 2019, in Chicago. The Greater Chicago Food Depository plans to build a new 40,000-square-foot facility adjacent to its current building dedicated to preparing meals to be delivered the elderly and people with disabilities.

Greater Chicago Food Depository to build a $50 million kitchen to home-deliver 4 million meals a year. ‘This is a seismic shift.’

November 11, 2019 at 12:56 p.m.

The Greater Chicago Food Depository is planning a "seismic shift" in its operations to focus on home-delivered meals as it anticipates mounting demand from the elderly, people with disabilities and...

A group representing Chicago building owners and managers is suing the city over legislation designed to give workers more predictable schedules, claiming the law violates federal collective bargaining rules by tipping the scales in favor of unions.

Chicago’s fair workweek law shouldn’t apply to union workers, building owners say in lawsuit

November 5, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.

A group representing Chicago building owners and managers is suing the city over legislation designed to give workers more predictable schedules, claiming the law gives unions too much bargaining power....

FILE - In this 2014 file photo provided by McDonald's, company President and CEO Steve Easterbrook poses for a photo, near Chicago.

Fired McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook to get $670,000 in severance, plus bonus and stock options; second exec out

November 4, 2019 at 3:22 p.m.

Fired McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook will receive 26 weeks of severance after losing his job over a relationship with an employee that violated company policy. The Chicago-based fast food giant,...

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