For food giants, rising tide of e-commerce means sink or swim
Have you ever plucked a bottle of ketchup from a grocery store shelf after remembering your kids finished the last bottle the night before? Or perhaps you’ve indulged in a...
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TreeHouse Foods president departs amid company struggles
A top executive is out at Oak Brook-based TreeHouse Foods, which reported slumping sales Thursday and saw its stock plunge to its lowest point in more than six years. Robert...
Jewel-Osco to offer grocery delivery option with new online ordering program
Jewel-Osco, the largest traditional grocery store chain in the Chicago area, plans to launch a delivery service next week — the latest bricks-and-mortar grocery retailer to leap into online sales....
Spam-maker Hormel to buy premium deli meat company Columbus for $850 million
Hormel Foods announced Tuesday an agreement to buy Columbus Manufacturing, known for its salami and soppressata, from a Chicago-based private equity firm for $850 million. That’s almost four times the...
Coors Light has had a rough year, but not as bad as Bud Light
Coors Light, the second-best-selling beer in the U.S., is having a rough year. The amount of Coors Light sold in stores in recent months has declined at a faster rate...
Peapod to move HQ from Skokie to downtown Chicago
Peapod, the online grocery delivery business, is moving its headquarters from Skokie to Chicago’s West Loop in an effort to improve productivity and grow the business in a rapidly changing...
The future of convenience stores: fewer smokes; more healthy food, upscale jerky
Long known as late-night outposts of roller hot dogs and greasy pizza, convenience stores now also want to sell you healthier food, preferably lots of it. This shift in the...
A Google-owned Whole Foods? CEO John Mackey says he was open to such a deal
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey describes his company's courtship with Amazon as "love at first sight," but that didn't stop him from casting a wandering eye at another potential suitor....
Fortune Fish hopes to haul in e-commerce sales with Lobster Gram
Just in time for the holidays, you can order fresh lobster dinners online all the way from the exotic waters of ... Bensenville? In its first foray into the world...
Haribo, maker of gummy bears, eligible for $1.7M in state incentives for Rosemont HQ expansion
Gummy bear-maker Haribo of America will expand its U.S. headquarters in Rosemont and add 55 jobs to its workforce there, Gov. Bruce Rauner's office announced Friday. The German company is...