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Ilene Gordon, CEO of Ingredion, is photographed at the company's Westchester headquarters in 2016. Gordon will retire from the company next year, further thinning the ranks of top female executives in the Chicago area.

Ingredion CEO is latest Chicago-area female CEO to leave post

June 2, 2018 at 10:16 a.m.

Ingredion CEO Ilene Gordon will retire from the company next year, further thinning the ranks of top female executives of large corporations in the Chicago area. Gordon will conclude an...

Bahamian police on Sept. 9, 2008, watch over the Morton Salt plant in Great Inagua, which suffered damage when Hurricane Ike passed over the small Bahamian island. The plant also suffered significant damage when it was hit by Hurricane Irma last week.

Morton Salt’s Bahamas facility damaged by Hurricane Irma

June 2, 2018 at 11:17 a.m.

Morton Salt's salt production facility on Great Inagua, the southernmost island of the Bahamas, sustained significant damage from Hurricane Irma last weekend, the company confirmed Thursday. The Chicago-based company employs...

Kraft Heinz names 29-year-old as CFO in executive shuffle

June 2, 2018 at 2:16 p.m.

Kraft Heinz is tapping a 29-year-old to be chief financial officer, among other leadership changes announced Friday. David Knopf, who also will serve as executive vice president, will replace Paulo...

An avocado is prepared Sept. 6, 2017, in the kitchen at Taqueria Los Comales restaurant in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. The family-owned restaurant chain, which has 14 locations, has had to pay a premium for the popular menu item, largely because of crop shortages.

Avocado shortage, record prices hit Chicago businesses

June 2, 2018 at 2:25 p.m.

Taqueria Los Comales, like many other Chicago restaurants and retailers, has an avocado problem. Because of a supply shortage this summer, the family-owned restaurant chain has had to pay a...

Beverages for sale at Fresh Market Place on North Western Avenue are seen on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. The Can the Tax Coalition will spend $1.4 million on television ads leading up to a possible repeal vote on Cook County's sweetened beverage tax.

Soda tax opposition spends $1.4 million on new TV ads

June 2, 2018 at 3:46 p.m.

The beverage industry-funded opposition to Cook County's sweetened beverage tax will spend $1.4 million on television ads leading up to a possible repeal vote. The Can the Tax Coalition's announcement...

Amazon's Echo and Echo Dot appear on sale at a Whole Foods Market in New York on Aug. 28, 2017.

5 lessons learned from Amazon’s first week with Whole Foods

June 2, 2018 at 4:39 p.m.

Alexa has suddenly developed a taste for organic quinoa. On Monday, Amazon closed on its $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods Market — much earlier than many expected — and...

A package of Kraft Parmesan cheese is seen in 2014. A federal judge has granted a motion to dismiss class-action lawsuits against Kraft Heinz and other defendants over the labeling of Parmesan cheese products that contain an anti-clumping agent called cellulose.

Lawsuits over wood pulp in Parmesan cheese tossed by Chicago judge

June 2, 2018 at 5:41 p.m.

Remember all those lawsuits last year about the labeling of Parmesan cheese products containing filler material made from wood chips? They were dealt a heavy blow late last week when...

Hillary Lebeb walks along the seawall in Galveston, Texas, as Hurricane Harvey intensifies in the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 25, 2017.

MillerCoors sends 50,000 cans of water to Hurricane Harvey victims

June 2, 2018 at 6:36 p.m.

Chicago-based MillerCoors is sending 50,000 cans of drinking water to victims of Hurricane Harvey's wrath in Texas, joining other large brewers in the relief effort. The water, canned at a...

A Jewel-Osco supermarket is seen Aug. 11, 2017, at the intersection of Clark and Division streets in Chicago. The chain has the most stores in the Chicago area, according to a report on urban grocery stores.

Chicago’s grocery list gets shorter: Fewer stores in area

June 2, 2018 at 11:52 p.m.

Grocers aren't stocking up on new stores in Chicago, leaving many shoppers with fewer places to fill their cart. There are 262 grocery stores in Chicago and close-in suburbs, the...

Feds say Cook County soda tax collection violates food stamp rules

June 3, 2018 at 12:30 a.m.

Cook County's sweetened beverage tax has landed the state in hot water with the feds, potentially causing roughly $87 million in federal food stamp money to be withheld, Illinois officials...

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