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Despite political ‘noise’ about borders, Corona parent stays the course

June 5, 2018 at 1:39 p.m.

The hottest large beer company in the U.S. has faced an odd dilemma since Donald Trump was elected president. Beer sales for Constellation Brands — best known for Mexican imports...

Employees sit March 10, 2017, in a lounge area at the new Whole Foods Market in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago.

Whole Foods Lakeview store takes aim at core customers with prepared food

June 5, 2018 at 1:55 p.m.

Whole Foods Market's new Lakeview neighborhood store will simultaneously deliver a defiant message to competitors and a love letter to its loyal customers when it opens next week. In today's...

At Butcher & Larder, Elijah Berlow breaks down chucks of beef March 9, 2017, to be divided into different cuts — meat for ground beef and bones for making beef stock. The butcher shop is inside the Local Foods store in Chicago's North Branch industrial corridor.

Falling beef prices could make for prime grilling season

June 5, 2018 at 3:03 p.m.

Brush the snow off that grill, Chicagoans, and get ready for a grilling season that could be prime for butchers and beef eaters alike. Retail beef prices on average have...

White Sox, Modelo partner on multiyear sponsorship deal

June 5, 2018 at 3:41 p.m.

The White Sox are rebuilding this season, but cervezas won't be in short supply. Beginning this season, Modelo Especial will be the first official import beer of the Chicago White...

Meijer to launch grocery delivery this summer in Chicago-area stores

June 5, 2018 at 4:11 p.m.

Meijer will offer a new home delivery service for groceries at all its suburban Chicago stores by midsummer, Meijer CEO Rick Keyes said Thursday. Consider it the latest salvo in...

More E. coli cases linked to Glenview soy nut butter company; 16 people sick

June 5, 2018 at 4:23 p.m.

Four more illnesses were reported in the E. coli outbreak linked to Glenview-based SoyNut Butter Co. products, bringing the current total to 16, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

After coming out from a machine that deposits sausage onto pizzas, employees drop handfuls of extra sausage onto them as they work March 3, 2017, on the frozen pizza assembly line at the Home Run Inn facility in Woodbridge.

Home Run Inn bakes plan for pizza delivery, restaurant expansion

June 5, 2018 at 4:51 p.m.

Dan Costello's great-grandparents first served pizza in the Home Run Inn tavern in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood in 1947 in hopes of enticing patrons to drink more beer. Today, the...

Glenview-based SoyNut Butter sued after 12 infected in <i>E. coli</i> outbreak

June 5, 2018 at 5:09 p.m.

Two California parents are suing Glenview-based SoyNut Butter Co. for liability and negligence, among other charges, after their 8-year-old son was allegedly infected and hospitalized with E. coli after consuming...

A shopper passes a display of Pepsi at a market March 6, 2006, in Des Plaines, Illinois. A new study links sugary sodas and drinks to the obesity epidemic.

Layoffs in Philadelphia raise concern about impact of Cook County soda tax

June 5, 2018 at 6:18 p.m.

Recent layoffs in Philadelphia attributed to the city's fledgling soda tax have armed unions and beverage industry groups with new evidence of what they say will come to pass in...

Vegetables in Chicago may be pricier this spring because of California rain

June 5, 2018 at 7:03 p.m.

Recent heavy rains in California that have flooded rivers and felled trees also likely will spur price hikes on fruits and vegetables in Chicago grocery stores this spring. Parts of...

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