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A selection of fish is displayed May 13, 2016, at Fresh Thyme Farmers Market. 2500 N. Elston Ave., in Chicago. The grocer, which has seven locations in Illinois, is getting ready to open a distribution center in Bollingbrook by mid-August.

Fresh Thyme Farmer’s Market plans Bolingbrook distribution center

June 11, 2018 at 10:46 p.m.

Fresh Thyme Farmer's Market, a relative newcomer to the Chicago area's fiercely competitive grocery store landscape, plans to open a 320,000-square foot distribution center in suburban Bolingbrook by mid-August, according...

A Joe Caputo & Sons store in Arlington Heights abruptly closed in 2015 and moved to Palatine. The Palatine location and remaining stores in Algonquin and Des Plaines were auctioned off May 12, 2016.

Piggly Wiggly Midwest plans to keep Caputo & Sons stores open with same staff

June 10, 2018 at 3:15 p.m.

A Wisconsin company that operates Piggly Wiggly and Butera Market stores acquired the real estate and assets for three remaining Joe Caputo & Sons grocery stores at auction Thursday. The...

Scott Mandell, CEO of Enjoy Life Foods, stands May 11, 2016, with trays of his company's products at one of its Schiller Park plants. Mandell co-founded the company, which launched in 2002 and last year was acquired by Mondelez International.

As tastes shift, Big Food devours smaller, health-focused companies to survive

June 11, 2018 at 10:57 p.m.

The social media reaction was both swift and expected last year when news broke that Oreo-maker Mondelez International acquired Enjoy Life Foods, the Chicago-based manufacturer of health-conscious foods free of...

5 things to know about the listeria outbreak

August 21, 2019 at 6:16 p.m.

The deluge of food recalls in recent weeks, many of them stemming from the same listeria outbreak, seems to prompt more questions than answers. Here are five things to help...

A federal judicial panel in Chicago will soon begin considering a number of suits filed against food manufacturers pertaining to labels.

Lawsuits challenging food labels on the rise, but are they good for consumers?

June 10, 2018 at 3:34 p.m.

By now, you probably know your Parmesan cheese may contain wood pulp, your oatmeal might not contain maple syrup and your tuna could be a little light in the can....

The MillerCoors brewery in Milwaukee on Tuesday, March 4, 2014.

Former MillerCoors exec pleads guilty to embezzling $8.6 million

June 10, 2018 at 5:17 p.m.

A former MillerCoors marketing executive pleaded guilty Wednesday to embezzling more than $8.6 million in a wire fraud scheme. David Colletti, 57, of Chicago, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in...

Allison Parker, a registered dietitian with Mariano's, helps lead a store tour April 28, 2016, at the Evergreen Park Mariano's. Parker said working in a grocery store, as opposed to a health care setting, tends to be more rewarding because customers who seek her out are actively trying to eat healthier.

A dietitian’s perspective: How to shop healthy

June 10, 2018 at 3:45 p.m.

If you've ever felt woozy in a grocery store, standing in front of the Great Wall of Cereal, endeavoring to discern one box of clusters and flakes from the next,...

Allison Parker, a registered dietitian with Mariano's, explains the differences in bread types during a store tour for participants of Common Threads, a nonprofit fighting childhood obesity, Thursday, April 28, 2016, in Evergreen Park, Ill.

Dietitian on aisle four: Grocery stores are calling in health experts

June 11, 2018 at 10:46 p.m.

"Has anyone tried quinoa before?" No hands went up. "We'll try some today," said Allison Parker, a dietitian employed by Mariano's, to a group of eight mothers with young children...

No joke: Portillo’s to open restaurant in Normal

June 10, 2018 at 8:05 p.m.

Portillo's Hot Dogs will open a restaurant in Normal, home of Illinois State University, in 2017, the Oak Brook-based restaurant chain announced Thursday morning. Details are scant. There's no set...

Protest signs are ready March 8, 2016, at the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers International Union office across from the Mondelez International plant on Chicago's Southwest Side.

Mondelez sees ‘one-time costs’ on labor front; union pushes Mexico boycott

June 11, 2018 at 11:57 p.m.

On a mostly positive day for Mondelez International shareholders, there was a smidge of bad news: The ongoing negotiations with the bakers union will mean short-term costs for the company,...

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