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Vegetables and other healthful food items are stocked at the Englewood Market in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. The USDA is proposing changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that would increase the required stock of healthier foods — fresh fruits, vegetables, proteins, dairy, bread — in all SNAP retailers, including convenience and corner stories.

A changing SNAP: Why corner stores might start stocking more broccoli

June 10, 2018 at 11:28 a.m.

Corner stores better known for booze and Flamin' Hot Cheetos may be required to stock more good-for-you foods like broccoli and mangoes. All retailers that accept federal reimbursement for food...

Food redistribution firm Dot Foods to open $20M facility in University Park

June 11, 2018 at 9:47 p.m.

Dot Foods, a food redistribution company, will close an existing facility in Joliet as it moves into a $20 million regional distribution center in south suburban University Park, company executives...

Jenny Yang, owner of Phoenix Bean Products, poses outside her Edgewater tofu-making business June 21, 2016, in Chicago.

To meet booming tofu demand, Edgewater-based Phoenix Bean plans $1.7 million expansion

June 11, 2018 at 9:25 p.m.

Jenny Yang's business doesn't look like much from the street, just a drab storefront in the Edgewater neighborhood with a window sign bearing faded red Chinese characters and three words...

Deerfield-based snack-maker Mondelez is reportedly trying to acquire Hershey.

Hershey rejects Mondelez takeover bid

June 10, 2018 at 10:47 a.m.

It was a wild day in the chocolate business. Hershey has turned down a takeover offer from Mondelez International, the Deerfield-based maker of Oreos and other snack foods, the chocolate...

ConAgra — the company behind brands like Slim Jim, Reddi Whip and Chef Boyardee — has completed the sale of its private-label business to Oak Brook-based TreeHouse Foods, the companies announced Feb. 1, 2016. ConAgra plans to move its headquarters to Chicago.
<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-conagra-treehouse-sale-0202-biz-20160201-story.html" target="_blank">ConAgra moving HQ to Chicago, changing cities as it faces changing tastes</a>

ConAgra settles into new HQ at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart

June 10, 2018 at 11:33 a.m.

ConAgra Foods, the processed-food company known for brands like Slim Jim, Chef Boyardee and Reddi-wip, moved its headquarters to Chicago earlier this week from its longtime home in Omaha, Neb.,...

The former Tyson Foods plant in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

OSI buys former Tyson Foods plant on South Side for $7.4M

June 10, 2018 at 11:51 a.m.

OSI Group, an Aurora-based processed food company, bought the former Tyson Foods plant in Chicago earlier this month for $7.4 million, according to documents filed with the Cook County Recorder...

Jell-O gelatin mix containing artificial dyes is added to hot water in 2010 as the first step to making Jell-O. The flavors are lime (yellow 5, blue 1), berry blue (blue 1) and strawberry (red 40). Jell-O is a Kraft Heinz product.

Food companies are phasing out artificial dyes, but not fast enough for some

June 10, 2018 at 12:28 p.m.

Tasting the rainbow, as the Skittles slogan goes, soon will no longer involve ingesting fistfuls of Yellow 5, Blue 1 and Red 40. And Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, ubiquitous in...

Brenton Engel, left, and Robert Haynes of Letherbee Distillers work in the distillery June 9, 2016, in Chicago.

Bill to raise gallon limits on craft distillers leaves some with bitter taste

June 10, 2018 at 12:04 p.m.

Soon, makers of craft spirits in Illinois might be able to produce significantly more booze with a single state license, but not all craft distillers are raising a glass to...

Building materials are seen March 11, 2016, at the planned restaurant site at Maggie Daley Park in Chicago. Four Corners Tavern Group has been approved to operate the restaurant, which is slated to open next year.

Four Corners Tavern Group faces lawsuit over rewards program switch

June 10, 2018 at 11:36 a.m.

A Cook County man is suing Four Corners Tavern Group, which has 11 restaurants in Chicago and another one coming to Maggie Daley Park, after the company allegedly switched rewards...

People who ate 70 grams of whole grains per day, compared with those who ate little or no whole grains, had lower risk of premature death, according to a new Harvard report. Whole grains also lowered the risk for cancer and cardiovascular disease, the study found.

Whole grains can help you live longer, Harvard study finds

November 28, 2019 at 5:47 p.m.

Maybe next time buy the whole-grain spaghetti noodles. Eating whole grains can help you live longer, according to a new analysis from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health...

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