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Conagra Brands, Kraft Heinz and other major packaged food companies filed a lawsuit Friday in Chicago federal court alleging that meat processors conspired to inflate the price of chicken.

Conagra, Kraft Heinz sue Tyson and other chicken suppliers for allegedly conspiring to inflate prices

April 1, 2019 at 3:08 p.m.

Conagra Brands, Kraft Heinz and other major packaged food companies filed a lawsuit Friday in Chicago federal court alleging that meat processors conspired to inflate the price of chicken. The...

Advocates are urging burger chain Wendy's to follow the lead of rival McDonald's in the phase-out of routine use of antibiotics in its beef supply.

Wendy’s targeted in campaign to reduce routine antibiotic use in beef

March 28, 2019 at 3:34 p.m.

Advocates are urging burger chain Wendy’s to follow the lead of rival McDonald’s in the phase-out of routine use of antibiotics in its beef supply. Illinois PIRG Education fund, a...

A sign in front of a 7-Eleven in New York announces that the convenience store accepts SNAP. Illinois risks losing more than $18 million in federal funds if it doesn't speed up processing times on food stamp applications within the next month.

Delays in processing food stamp applications land Illinois in hot water with the feds

March 27, 2019 at 4:42 p.m.

Illinois risks losing more than $18 million in federal funds if it doesn’t speed up processing times on food stamp applications within the next month, according to a warning letter...

McDonald's probó la tecnología de Dynamic Yield en varios de sus restaurantes el año pasado y la implementará en todo el país este año, luego en mercados internacionales.

¿Quisieras agregar papas fritas?

March 27, 2019 at 12:13 p.m.

Los menús de "drive-thrus" digitales de McDonald's pronto recomendarán alimentos a los clientes en función del clima, la hora del día y el nivel de actividad de la tienda en...

Supporters of the Fight for $15 minimum wage campaign hold a rally outside a McDonald's restaurant in the 2000 block of W. Chicago Ave. on Nov. 29, 2018, in Chicago.

McDonald’s says it will stop fighting minimum wage hikes

March 27, 2019 at 4:57 p.m.

McDonald’s said it will no longer fight proposals to raise the minimum wage, a reversal for the fast food giant after years in the crosshairs of the Fight for $15...

McDonald's plans to pay $300 million to acquire technology company Dynamic Yield, whose software will allow the fast food giant to personalize its digital menu boards and push additional items based on what a customer has just ordered.

McDonald’s is turning to artificial intelligence to get you to spend more in the drive-thru

March 26, 2019 at 4:48 p.m.

McDonald’s digital drive-thru menus will soon recommend items to customers based on the weather, time of day and how busy the store is at the moment, part of a big...

A gate marks the DePaul University campus at the corner of Halsted Street and Fullerton and Lincoln avenues, seen Aug. 16, 2018, in Chicago.

College admissions consulting was booming well before the bribery scandal. Here’s why.

March 17, 2019 at 7:58 a.m.

Cutthroat competition to get into the nation’s best colleges has fueled an explosion of admissions consultants, who charge families thousands of dollars to help students navigate the process. The industry...

Karen Hilberg gets groceries at Aldi store and pays for them using SNAP benefits loaded on her EBT Link card on Feb. 21, 2019, in Chicago.

In Illinois, 77% of able-bodied, childless food stamp recipients at risk as feds push to enforce work requirements

March 15, 2019 at 2:06 p.m.

For at least a decade, most Illinois residents who receive food stamps have been exempt from a federal law that requires them to work or risk losing their benefits. But...

Chef Jeff Mauro prepares a sandwich at Pork & Mindy's sandwich restaurant on Jan. 6, 2016, in Chicago. Pork & Mindy's plans to open mini restaurants inside 28 Chicago-area Mariano's grocery stores.

Pork & Mindy’s to open BBQ joints inside 28 Mariano’s this year

March 13, 2019 at 11:51 a.m.

Barbecue joint Pork & Mindy’s plans to open mini restaurants inside 28 Chicago-area Mariano’s this year, a huge expansion for the local sandwich shop and a new kind of partnership...

Robin Ross, second from left, director of culinary for Kraft Heinz, with team members Colette McCadd, left, Milo Klos and Lauren Bayer are ready for tasting Just Crack an Egg breakfast scrambles at Kraft Heinz Innovation Center in Glenview on Feb. 26, 2019.

Kraft Heinz needs innovation to survive. It’s keeping five Glenview test kitchens busy trying to stay relevant.

February 23, 2024 at 5:03 p.m.

Robin Ross, director of culinary at Kraft Heinz, doesn’t need data to know how much consumer tastes have changed since processed food reigned supreme. When she was growing up, dinner...

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