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Irene Rosenfeld, CEO of Mondelez International, speaks to at an Executives' Club of Chicago event Feb. 26, 2016, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Her total compensation fell about 6.5 percent in 2015, to $19.7 million, largely because of changes in the value of her pension.

Mondelez CEO’s total compensation down in 2015, falls to $19.7 million

June 11, 2018 at 3:18 a.m.

Mondelez International CEO Irene Rosenfeld saw her total compensation dip about 6.5 percent in 2015 — from about $21 million in 2014 to about $19.7 million in 2015 — largely...

Mundelein resident Susan Fink, founder and brewer of Karma Kombucha, holds a bottle of her Ginger Orange kombucha beverage at the Good Food Festival's financing and innovation conference on March 24, 2016, at the UIC Forum in Chicago.

‘Good Food’ movement grows up, gets paid

June 11, 2018 at 1:56 a.m.

Imagine standing on a stage in front of hundreds of strangers. You need their money to help finance your dream business. You have seven minutes to make the pitch. You'd...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks as his wife Christie looks on during a town hall meeting with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at Keota High School, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, in Keota, Iowa. Vilsack was in Chicago on March 24, 2016, at the Good Food Festival and spoke with the baiduhai in a brief interview.

GMO labeling: 5 questions with Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack

June 12, 2018 at 3:38 a.m.

Immediately after U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack concluded his remarks at the Good Food Festival in Chicago Thursday, he was approached by a couple of admirers — and one...

Norma Penaran picks tomatoes March 23, 2016, at the MightyVine Tomatoes hydroponic farm in Rochelle.

MightyVine to double tomato operation

June 11, 2018 at 4:46 a.m.

Just months after growing its first tomato, MightyVine, a Rochelle-based hydroponic tomato farm, is doubling its operation to meet rising demand in grocery stores and restaurants in the Chicago area....

MillerCoors works to keep Leinenkugel, Blue Moon rising

June 12, 2018 at 1:56 a.m.

Dick Leinenkugel has logged countless hours in Texas and Southern California lately, spreading the gospel of shandies in locales with abundant sunshine and underdeveloped craft beer markets. "I think we're...

The former grounds of the Ryerson Steel Plant, Thursday March 17, 2016 where Whole Foods will invest in a facility in the Pullman neighborhood that will employ 150 people and will be used for warehousing, cold and dry storage, food preparation and distribution.

Whole Foods opening distribution center in Pullman

June 11, 2018 at 3:52 a.m.

Whole Foods Market plans to open a new distribution center in the Pullman neighborhood in early 2018, the company announced Thursday, a move that presages further expansion for the upscale...

MillerCoors will keep its headquarters in Chicago, CEO Gavin Hattersley said, ending months of speculation.

MillerCoors staying in Chicago, keeping its name

June 11, 2018 at 3:48 a.m.

MillerCoors will keep its headquarters in Chicago and retain its name, according to a letter from CEO Gavin Hattersley to employees Thursday. The announcement ends months of speculation that MillerCoors...

Activist investor Bill Ackman's firm sold 20 million shares of Mondelez International Stock.

Activist investor Ackman sells 20M shares of Mondelez

June 12, 2018 at 3:40 a.m.

Activist investor Bill Ackman's firm Pershing Square Holdings sold 20 million shares of Mondelez International stock — worth nearly $835 million — for "portfolio management purposes only," according to an...

Ed Burpo, left, president of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers International Union talks March 8, 2016, with a handful of workers from Mondelez International, the global snack food company, at a Southwest Side office across from the company's plant.

Oreo bakers union’s motion denied by federal judge

June 12, 2018 at 2:00 a.m.

The union fighting the layoff of about 600 workers at a Southwest Side Oreo bakery suffered a setback late last week when a Chicago federal judge denied its request for...

The Fresh Market, a grocery store chain, has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Apollo for more than $1.3 billion. Fresh Market, based in Greensboro, N.C., has nearly 190 stores around the country. Apollo Global Management LLC is based in New York. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2016.

The Fresh Market grocery chain agrees to $1.36 billion buyout

August 25, 2019 at 12:38 a.m.

The Fresh Market, an upscale grocery chain with locations in the Chicago suburbs, has agreed to be bought by private equity firm Apollo Global Management for about $1.36 billion, the...

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