With Mondelez layoffs looming, bakers’ union making noise
At the old Nabisco bakery on Chicago's Southwest Side, with mass layoffs looming, the bakers' union is cranking up the heat on its employer as the two sides approach contract...
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Aldi putting more granola, less chocolate in checkout lanes
Aldi, a grocery discounter with a growing presence in the Chicago area, is overhauling its checkout lanes with healthier food. By the end of the year, Chicago-area Aldi stores will...
Bacardi parting ways with Wirtz venture, picks another wholesaler
Bacardi — supplier of Bacardi rum, Bombay Sapphire gin and Dewar's Scotch whisky — is ending its relationship with Breakthru Beverage Group, the alcohol distributor co-led by Blackhawks Chairman Rocky...
Roundy’s sues Dominick’s over unpaid property taxes
Roundy's Supermarkets is suing Dominick's Finer Foods for breach of contract over unpaid property taxes, the latest legal challenge for the defunct longtime Chicago grocery chain. Roundy's, parent company of...
How a new tax law could help food banks
It was the most wonderful time of the year, as the song goes, but Kate Maehr was walking around with a knot in her stomach. Donations were down during holiday-giving...
Are cage-free eggs the future? This farm has done it for 60 years
Inside a long barn next to rolling fields, Rod Wubbena looked out over 12,000 or so brown hens scratching in the wood chips and fluttering onto perches. The chickens have...
#ShareaCoke is naughty, nice and not about Sharia law
Don't look now — OK, go ahead and look — but the #ShareaCoke hashtag on Twitter is spinning out of control in strange and unpredictable ways. On Tuesday afternoon, the...
McDonald’s testing mac and cheese in Ohio
McDonald's is trying out a staple of American childhoods: macaroni and cheese. The Oak Brook-based burger chain began testing mac and cheese at 18 locations in northeast Ohio late last...
ConAgra beats share projections for second quarter
ConAgra Foods, the maker of Slim Jim and Chef Boyardee, beat analyst projections on earnings reported Tuesday for the second quarter of its fiscal year 2016, despite a decline in...
More Famous Dave’s in Chicago area: New stores coming, old stores remodeled
Famous Dave's seven barbecue restaurants in the Chicago area are expected to be revamped — with 10 more planned to open — under the terms of a franchise agreement. Famous...