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A lunchtime crowd waits to order at Portillo's on April 27, 2017, in Chicago's River North neighborhood. The chain is expanding in Minnesota.

Portillo’s confirms second Twin Cities location, planning a third

June 3, 2018 at 5:02 a.m.

Portillo's, slinger of Chicago-style dogs, is plotting a third location in Vikings country as it continues its steady, deliberate expansion since selling to a private equity firm in 2014. Earlier...

Mexico's Grupo Bimbo has bought Chicago's East Balt Bakeries for $650 million.

Chicago bakery East Balt, McDonald’s bun supplier, to be sold to Bimbo for $650M

June 3, 2018 at 5:35 a.m.

Mexico's Grupo Bimbo announced Thursday an agreement to acquire Chicago-based East Balt Bakeries, which supplies buns to McDonald's and other fast-food chains, for $650 million. One Equity Partners, current owner...

Zach Pereles, left, and Michael Conklin enjoy happy hour food and drinks July 19, 2017, at The Boarding House restaurant and wine bar in Chicago's River North neighborhood. Two years after happy hour specials were legalized in Illinois, state and city tax revenues haven't surged.

Two years in, happy hour hasn’t delivered on its revenue promises

June 3, 2018 at 5:21 a.m.

Bringing happy hour back to Illinois was billed as a needed boost to the hospitality industry that would result in more revenue for the state and local municipalities. But two...

The Budweiser Brickhouse Tavern at the Park at Wrigley is a 15,000-square-foot restaurant and bar.

Tavern outside Wrigley Field will bear the Budweiser name

June 3, 2018 at 6:56 a.m.

Budweiser Brickhouse Tavern is now officially the name of the new tavern outside Wrigley Field after state regulators approved the plan Thursday despite some initial concerns. Next up for the...

Kiss bassist Gene Simmons, right and Michael "Sully" Sullivan, president and CEO of Rock & Brews, pose for a photo at the Ritz-Carlton on July 13, 2017. Simmons and bandmate Paul Stanley are bringing their Rock & Brews restaurant concept to the Chicago area.

Kiss rockers Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley to open rock ‘n’ roll-themed restaurants in Chicagoland

June 3, 2018 at 7:04 a.m.

Who likes to breathe fire, wear makeup and platform shoes, and open restaurants in the Chicago area? These guys, of course: Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, also known as Demon...

Jewel-Osco will not acquire 19 Strack & Van Til stores in northwest Indiana after all, a Jewel-Osco spokeswoman confirmed July 12, 2017.

Jewel’s $100 million bid not enough for Indiana Strack & Van Til stores

June 3, 2018 at 7:53 a.m.

Jewel-Osco will have to seek another avenue to expand its reach in northwest Indiana after losing a bankruptcy auction for 19 Strack & Van Til stores, according to court filings...

Mondelez International CEO Irene Rosenfeld talks about her company decisions during a June 28, 2017, interview conducted after an Executives' Club of Chicago event at the Fairmont Chicago where she was honored as the 2017 International Executive of the Year.

Mondelez CEO Irene Rosenfeld weighs in on mergers, retirement, the glass ceiling

June 3, 2018 at 7:52 a.m.

Long before she became chief executive of Oreo cookies, Irene Rosenfeld wanted to be commander in chief of the United States. "I felt very strongly that girls should have the...

The Hatchery plans $30M food incubator for East Garfield Park

June 3, 2018 at 8:06 a.m.

The Hatchery, a food incubator on Chicago's Near Northwest Side, is expected to break ground this fall on a $30 million facility in East Garfield Park, possibly spurring an influx...

Construction is unfinished June 6, 2017, at Evergreen Plaza in Evergreen Park. The building at left was scheduled to open in November as one of Whole Foods Market's cheaper, smaller-format 365 stores. The store's opening likely will be delayed, according to village officials. Evergreen Park Mayor Jim Sexton says he is uncertain if the store will open as a 365 store or as a traditional Whole Foods grocery.

Whole Foods’ 365 store in Evergreen Park delayed, concept’s future unclear

June 3, 2018 at 10:10 a.m.

Whole Foods Market's cheaper, smaller-format 365 store concept that was scheduled to open in south suburban Evergreen Park in November likely will be delayed until sometime next year, according to...

Veteran James McGowan, center, receives rice, fresh fruit and canned foods June 16, 2017, from volunteers at Covenant Faith Church of God's food pantry on the South Side of Chicago, which serves the Calumet Park area.

Ultra Foods closing in Calumet Park leaves void: ‘What are we going to do? Where are we going to go?’

June 3, 2018 at 11:45 a.m.

The only traditional grocery store in south suburban Calumet Park is closed, half the shopping center sits vacant and prospects for any quick solutions appear bleak. A handwritten sign on...

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