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Non-GMO corn produced by farmer Matthew Starr is emptied into non-GMO butlers at a grain storage company in Vauvoo.

GMO labeling debate puts food industry on defensive

August 21, 2019 at 6:12 p.m.

If you've had a soda, a bag of chips or a store-bought cookie in the past 20 years, chances are you've eaten genetically modified organisms — better known as GMOs....

Oreo bakery workers protest job cuts

June 8, 2018 at 11:12 p.m.

"Hey Irene! Stop being greedy! Keep our jobs in the city!" That was one of several chants protesting upcoming job cuts aimed at Mondelez International CEO Irene Rosenfeld on Thursday...

A Jewel Osco supermarket at 424 W. Division St. in Chicago.

Jewel-Osco reaches agreement with union at Melrose Park distribution center

June 11, 2018 at 3:35 a.m.

Jewel-Osco reached an agreement with hundreds of warehouse and transportation workers, putting into place two new contracts concerning wages and benefits effective until March 6, 2021. Members of Teamsters Local...

Mondelez unveils Good Thins snacks

June 11, 2018 at 4:21 a.m.

With its first new product line in years, Mondelez International — the global food manufacturer known for Oreo cookies and Ritz crackers — is appealing to customers, and particularly women,...

Richie Farina, a former Moto chef, now working for Hampton Creek, a San Francisco-based food tech company that makes just Mayo and other products, sits in his dining room, after successfully testing a recipe, Thursday Feb., 25, 2016.

After Homaro Cantu’s death, former Moto chefs seek to carry on his legacy &#8212 with consumer products

June 11, 2018 at 4:17 a.m.

Going from cooking at one of Chicago's most celebrated avant-garde restaurants to developing products for a company known for its egg-free mayonnaise might seem like an unorthodox career move. Mayo...

The Mondelez International factory and distribution center at 7300 S. Kedzie Avenue in Chicago is seen in 2015. Workers at the plant are on the job, but the local contract covering the bakers union employees has expired.

Oreo bakers union, Mondelez halt negotiations

June 12, 2018 at 2:14 a.m.

The tense standoff between Mondelez International, the global snack food company that owns the longtime Chicago Nabisco bakery, and its bakers union continues as the prospect of a strike looms....

Chicago's Merchandise Mart, photographed in 2012, will become the global headquarters for Beam Suntory, it was announced Feb. 29, 2016. The premium spirits company will complete the move of 450-plus employees from Deerfield by the end of 2017.

Beam Suntory makes it official, announces HQ move to Chicago

June 11, 2018 at 6:26 a.m.

It's official: Big Whiskey is coming to the big city. Beginning in September, premium spirits company Beam Suntory will gradually move its 450-plus employees and global headquarters from Deerfield to...

Yvonne Averhart, of Illinois, filed a class-action lawsuit Feb. 26, 2016, against Kraft Heinz in the federal Northern District court claiming violations of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Similar lawsuits have been filed against Kraft Heinz in federal courts in New York, Missouri and California.

Kraft Heinz hit with Parmesan cheese lawsuits

June 11, 2018 at 4:31 a.m.

Kraft Heinz is among companies under legal fire for using cellulose, a filler made from wood chips, in its "100% Grated Parmesan Cheese" product. On Friday, an Illinois woman named...

Antibiotic-free chicken chasing cage-free eggs

June 11, 2018 at 6:29 a.m.

When it comes to poultry industry trends, this much is clear: The cage-free egg came before the antibiotic-free chicken. But similar to the egg industry's shift toward cage-free housing systems...

This chicken, shown at a Whole Foods Market in 2002, was raised without any antibiotics.

Antibiotic-free chicken chasing cage-free eggs

June 11, 2018 at 6:12 a.m.

When it comes to poultry industry trends, this much is clear: The cage-free egg came before the antibiotic-free chicken. But similar to the egg industry's shift toward cage-free housing systems...

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