Emily Bryson York

Though beer is still the country's best-selling alcoholic beverage, more Americans are finding that suds are somewhat flat. Liquor and wine continued to eat away at beer's commanding share of...

PepsiCo announced Thursday that Diet Mountain Dew, Brisk tea, and Starbucks bottled beverages each generate at least $1 billion in annual sales. The Purchase, NY-based food and beverage giant now...

Until the latest wave of remodeling, McDonald'sused a red, double mansard roof, which sports two slopes on all four sides, throughout the world. Now the chain is making allowances for...

With half-moon-shaped booths, low stools, wooden blinds and flat-screen TVs, most patrons might expect to pay $8 for a burger, or $4 for a smoothie. But the decor isn't a...

Oak Brook-based restaurant giant McDonald's Corp. said its fourth-quarter profit climbed 11 percent, with solid sales gains in each area of the world.Company executives expressed confidence about 2012, but alluded...

Get ready for Ball Park burgers. Downers Grove-based Sara Lee Corp. is looking to expand its top-selling hot dog brand into more meats — and more occasions for male bonding....

Get ready for Ball Park Burgers. Downers Grove-based Sara Lee is looking to expand its top-selling hot dog brand into more meats -- and more male-bonding occasions. The company will...

Kraft Foods' CEO Irene Rosenfeld has promised leaner, more competitive companies when the $48 billion package-food giant splits into two independent companies this year. She gave some insight Tuesday into...

Chicago will lose the headquarters of one of its biggest and most high-profile companies later this year when Aon Corp. moves its home office from its namesake skyscraper to London,...

Chicago will lose the headquarters of one of its biggest and most high-profile companies later this year when Aon Corp. moves its home office from its namesake skyscraper to London,...