Oreo maker Mondelez pays exec almost $900K to leave company
Mondelez International, the global snack food company known for brands like Oreo cookies and Sour Patch Kids candy, agreed to pay a former executive nearly $900,000 as part of his...
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Working at Kraft Heinz means competition, cost-cutting, and for some, reward
Certain kinds of people thrive at Kraft Heinz, one of the most ambitious and polarizing companies in the American food industry. They're the types who can keep their desk clutter-free...
Conagra still poised for tax breaks, despite cutting Illinois workforce in half
Conagra Brands, maker of products like Reddi-wip and Slim Jim, won $10.5 million in state tax breaks through a now-halted program meant to boost Illinois' economy. But since that September...
Butterball to close 600-employee meatpacking plant in Montgomery
Butterball will shutter its Gusto meatpacking plant in Montgomery, where it employs about 600 full-time workers, marking another painful loss of jobs in the Aurora area. The North Carolina-based company's...
More protests, tough questions at shareholder meeting of Oreo-maker Mondelez
It was deja vu all over again at the annual shareholder meeting Wednesday for Mondelez International, a global snack food company known for brands like Oreo cookies and Ritz crackers....
Aldi will spend $180 million remodeling most of its Chicago-area stores
Aldi, one of the fastest growing grocery chains in the U.S., plans to spend about $180 million remodeling 130 of its 150 Chicago-area stores by 2020 — part of a...
Central Grocers files for bankruptcy, will lay off 550 at Joliet warehouse
After almost 100 years of doing business, Joliet-based Central Grocers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Thursday and will lay off about 550 employees at the company's Joliet warehouse. Central Grocers...
Fewer people going hungry in Cook County, but many still need help
More people in Cook County had consistent access to food in 2015 than at the recession-related peak of food insecurity just a few years prior, according to Feeding America's annual...
A grief considered: Remembering the ‘Red Hound of Renown’
Tumbleweeds of dog hair no longer blow across our living room floor. Trash cans go unpilfered. Pizza crusts lie on my plate as unloved as fingernail clippings. What to do...
Jewel taps longtime exec to lead grocery chain in changing industry
Jewel-Osco, the Chicago area's largest traditional grocery store chain, has tapped Doug Cygan as its next president to lead the company forward in a fiercely competitive grocery industry. Cygan, 53,...