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Bears fans looking to pick up a six-pack on Sunday mornings before the game will have more options if a proposal to increase the number of stores that can sell liquor before 11 a.m. continues advancing.

Why you could soon have more places to shop for alcohol on Sunday mornings

October 8, 2019 at 6:34 p.m.

Chicago Bears fans looking to pick up a six-pack on Sunday mornings before the game soon will have more options if a proposal to loosen restrictions on the the sale...

Chicago-based Hometown Foods acquires organic baking brand Arrowhead Mills

October 7, 2019 at 5:15 p.m.

Chicago-based Hometown Foods is acquiring organic baking brands Arrowhead Mills and SunSpire as it seeks to expand its portfolio into the booming better-for-you category. Hometown Foods, created last year by...

Can’t wait for Starbucks’ Chicago Roastery to open? Good news for you.

October 7, 2019 at 3:49 p.m.

Chicagoans itching for a taste of Starbucks' grand new roastery on the Magnificent Mile won't have to wait quite so long. The Seattle-based coffee giant said Monday that the grand...

People gather Dec. 14, 2018, at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in the Meatpacking District in New York City. The 20,000-square-foot coffee store features three floors of coffee and cocktail bars, gourmet food, coffee beans and coffee brewing accessories.

The world’s largest Starbucks will open soon in Chicago. Here’s when the Mag Mile gets its Reserve Roastery.

November 12, 2019 at 9:41 a.m.

The highly anticipated Starbucks Reserve Roastery Chicago is scheduled to open Nov. 15 on the Magnificent Mile, marking the last and largest of the chain's grand coffee palaces. The Chicago...

Bartender John Brown makes an alcohol-free drink on Sept. 12, 2019, at Young American, a bar in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago.

Alcohol-free cocktails. Booze-free spirits. Bars and distillers are cashing in on Americans’ efforts to drink less.

October 7, 2019 at 10:33 a.m.

Sarah Jankowski has nothing against booze. But after a wine-filled Italian dinner with friends on a recent rainy Sunday, she wanted a festive beverage that would allow her to keep...

A Starbucks sign is seen June 26, 2019, outside a coffee shop in downtown Pittsburgh. After ceasing sales of print newspapers, Starbucks announced Oct. 1 that it will offer customers free digital access to several newspapers for a limited time.

Starbucks, no longer selling print newspapers in stores, now offering free digital access to several newspaper websites

October 1, 2019 at 6:00 p.m.

After ceasing sales of print newspapers, Starbucks announced Tuesday that it will offer customers free digital access to several newspapers for a limited time. Starbucks customers using the free in-store...

Customers wait as their orders are prepared at the Aloha Poke stand inside the Revival Food Hall on Sept. 10, 2019.

Will cubed raw fish have more staying power than cupcakes or frozen yogurt? Aloha Poke, bent on expansion, thinks it offers ‘the food of the future.’

September 30, 2019 at 8:57 p.m.

Chris Birkinshaw had barely settled in as CEO at Aloha Poke last year when the budding young chain became engulfed in a branding crisis. Chicago's largest purveyor of poke, in...

Several burn victims sued the maker of Pam cooking spray saying they were severely injured when cans of the spray exploded in their kitchens.

‘We are urging home cooks and food service professionals to beware’: 17 new lawsuits allege Pam cooking spray cans exploded, causing severe burns

September 26, 2019 at 9:17 a.m.

Conagra Brands has been hit with 17 new lawsuits that allege certain cans of Pam cooking spray ignited fires that severely burned users. The suits, filed Monday in Cook County...

Jimmy John Liautaud, founder and CEO of Jimmy John's sandwich shops, is sen Nov. 3, 2015, in Chicago. On Sept. 25, it was announced that the sandwich chain is being sold to Atlanta-based Inspire Brands. After the transaction closes, Jimmy John Liautaud will step down as chairman.

Jimmy John’s to be sold to the owner of Arby’s, Buffalo Wild Wings, as competition for lunch dollars heats up

September 25, 2019 at 2:53 p.m.

Jimmy John's Sandwiches, which has grown to more than 2,800 shops since its founding in Charleston, Ill., 36 years ago, is getting sold to the owner of Arby's, Buffalo Wild...

The Greater Chicago Food Depository helps food stamp recipients get their Link cards in a 2009 photo. Chicago nonprofit tech startup mRelief has partnered with the food bank on pilot that aims to make it easier for people to enroll in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program online and via cellphones.

New mobile tool aims to make applying for food stamps easier

September 23, 2019 at 3:51 p.m.

Cook County residents can now apply for food stamps via an online tool that simplifies and streamlines what can be a daunting process. Chicago nonprofit tech startup mRelief has partnered...

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