Fresh Thyme to close Deerfield store: ‘It was just a bad location’
Fresh Thyme Farmer's Market in Deerfield will close May 5 after years of flagging sales, according to the company. The store opened in 2014 in a strip mall near the...
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Why Tyson, the largest meat processor in the U.S., is investing in fake meat
Beyond Meat burgers — plant-based patties made to resemble, sizzle and even bleed like meat — have the potential to wean wavering carnivores off animal-based proteins. Encouraging such a trend...
Meijer to launch self-scanning app to speed grocery checkout
Meijer plans to launch a self-scanning mobile application in Chicago-area stores by the end of the summer, a move likely to be followed by some larger retailers in the near...
Riverwalk rising: City banking on boom to pay off cost of river transformation
As the weather warms, tourists and locals alike will descend on the Chicago Riverwalk, one of the most ambitious and acclaimed new public spaces in Chicago. They will spend money...
Amid growing interest in halal food, Navy Pier festival to celebrate Muslim lifestyle
Thousands of Muslims and non-Muslims alike are expected to attend the inaugural I Heart Halal festival on Navy Pier this weekend, an event that's billed as the first halal lifestyle...
Chicago grocers ramp up hiring, while balancing online growth and brick-and-mortar upgrades
Nearly all major grocery retailers in Chicago now offer some form of delivery or pickup for increasingly tech-savvy consumers on the go. But they're also sinking capital into their bricks-and-mortar...
‘L’ cars, whiskey, soybeans and more: Illinois products could be socked by Chinese tariffs as trade dispute escalates
In an escalating trade dispute with President Donald Trump, China on Wednesday proposed an additional round of tariffs on $50 billion worth of U.S. exports, a move that could affect...
Productores porcinos ‘pagan el pato’
ILLINOIS — Como criador de cerdos en Illinois, Brian Duncan seguía la dura conversación comercial en las recientes semanas entre el presidente Donald Trump y China. El lunes se encontró...
Illinois pork farmer on Chinese tariffs: ‘Our worst fears seem to be coming true’
Brian Duncan, an Illinois hog farmer, had hoped the tough trade talk in recent weeks between President Donald Trump and China amounted to saber-rattling. On Monday, he discovered otherwise, when...
Groups turn up pressure on McDonald’s chicken policies: ‘It’s just not right’
ShaRhonda Knott-Dawson, a west suburban mother of two young girls, takes her family to McDonald’s semiregularly because it’s an indulgence they all enjoy. But she’s put those trips on hold...