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Nearly a year after Mondelez shareholders took the unusual step of rejecting the snack giant's executive pay packages, the maker of Oreo and Cadbury says it has implemented changes to more strongly tie compensation to business performance.

After CEO got $42.4 million in 2017, Oreo-maker vows to link executive pay to business performance

April 12, 2020 at 4:03 a.m.

Nearly a year after Mondelez International shareholders took the unusual step of rejecting the snack giant's executive pay packages in an advisory vote, the maker of Oreo and Cadbury says...

Jill Dexter, vice president and general manager over condiments, sauces and enhancers, tastes products with other employees at Conagra Brands headquarters at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago on April 25, 2019.

Condiments are hot again, thanks to millennials and their penchant for sauces

May 3, 2019 at 7:35 a.m.

Heinz has long been the undisputed king of ketchup, with Hunt's a distant runner-up and falling farther behind. But as millennials and their flavor-seeking taste buds drive growth in condiments,...

A customer is turned away by locked doors at Stanley's Fresh Fruits & Vegetables on April 22, 2019. The popular produce market on Chicago's North Side has closed after 52 years in business.

Stanley’s closure leaves loyalists perplexed about where to buy produce. ‘Seriously, what am I going to do?’

April 26, 2019 at 2:30 p.m.

Hiromi Sogo couldn't quite believe it when she learned Stanley's Fresh Fruits & Vegetables had closed. A regular for more than 10 years, Sogo arrived Monday afternoon to do her...

McDonald’s scraps artisan burgers to focus on Quarter Pounders

April 18, 2019 at 4:17 p.m.

McDonald's is ditching its line of artisan sandwiches to go back to basics. The Chicago-based company announced Wednesday that it will move away from its line of Signature Crafted Recipes,...

Mondelez has recalled some Chewy Chips Ahoy cookies after getting reports that solidified cornstarch caused some consumers to gag or choke when eating the product.

Some Chewy Chips Ahoy cookies recalled after reports of consumers gagging

April 17, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

Mondelez has recalled some Chewy Chips Ahoy cookies after getting reports that solidified cornstarch caused some consumers to gag or choke when eating the product. Deerfield-based Mondelez, which makes Oreo...

Paul Hletko, owner of Few Spirits in Evanston, is seen at his distillery on April 10, 2019. He said Few is shifting its focus to build demand in South America and Africa, where nations have not imposed retaliatory tariffs.

One year into a trade war with China, Illinois whiskey, soybeans and metal still caught in the crossfire

April 14, 2019 at 7:38 a.m.

It's been just over a year since President Donald Trump imposed steep tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum, setting off a cascade of retaliatory tariffs throughout the summer that threatened...

Nick Nagele, co-founder of Whiskey Acres in DeKalb, said the ability for some distillers to sell their products directly to retailers will be a game-changer.

‘Stillpubs’ — brewpubs for liquor — could be coming to Illinois as craft distiller licensing bill clears state House

April 12, 2019 at 10:41 a.m.

Like brewpubs? Get ready for stillpubs. Legislation approved Thursday by the Illinois House would license craft distillers similar to the way craft brewers are regulated, with the aim of giving...

Loronzo Warren, 18, a student at Kennedy-King College in Chicago, works on an assignment on April 8, 2019. He also works part-time at a clothing store that posts employee schedules only one day in advance.

Employers and workers battle over Chicago’s proposed predictable scheduling law. ‘You never know what your paychecks are going to be like.’

April 9, 2019 at 10:14 p.m.

A proposal that would require large Chicago employers to give workers at least two weeks advance notice of their schedules and compensate them for last minute changes will have to...

Striking hotel workers picket outside of Cambria Magnificent Mile Hotel in Chicago on April 4, 2019.

‘We have to show them that we’re not going to give up.’ Seven months into strike, Cambria hotel workers fight on.

April 8, 2019 at 3:10 p.m.

Jose Gonzalez had never participated in a strike before that September afternoon when he walked out of the Cambria Magnificent Mile Hotel in the middle of his shift. The 26-year-old...

Nutella owner picks up Keebler, Famous Amos cookies and 2 Chicago plants for $1.3 billion

April 1, 2019 at 7:42 p.m.

The Italian owner of Nutella and Fannie May chocolates is buying a portion of Kellogg’s North American snacks business — including Keebler and Famous Amos cookies — in a deal...

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