Peet’s Coffee to buy majority stake in Intelligentsia
Peet's Coffee & Tea announced plans Friday to acquire a majority stake in Chicago-based Intelligentsia Coffee, the second such deal in less than a month for Peet's. Once just a...
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CEO’s message: We won’t ruin Portillo’s
Keith Kinsey knows that die-hard Portillo's fans — and some longtime employees — may have been worried when founder Dick Portillo sold the company to a private equity firm last...
Foie gras supplier growing in Chicago
Ariane Daguin, a native Frenchwoman who runs the leading distributor of foie gras in the U.S., once declared in an interview that animals have no soul. Daguin, co-founder and CEO...
Man Cave Craft Meats planning Chicago expansion
A small band of Minneapolis meat dudes with a growing company called Man Cave Craft Meats is planning a big Chicago-area expansion in the near future. You may have already...
Fresh Market to explore sale amid ‘competition pinch’
The Fresh Market, an upscale grocery chain with nine Illinois stores, said Tuesday that it is conducting a financial review that could lead to the sale of the company. The...
Wirtz Beverage forming partnership with Charmer Sunbelt
In booze, if not baseball, Chicago and New York are on the same team. That's the company line anyway. Executives are expected to announce Tuesday the planned merger of Wirtz...
Mariano’s first ever executive chef has big plans
The new recipes will begin, as they always have for the chef, with a pen, some paper and an idea. But when it comes to bringing those ideas to life,...
Teachers raising money for schools at McDonald’s? Unions want it to stop
McDonald's is facing broad opposition from teachers unions across the country, including the Chicago Teachers Union, to its McTeacher's Nights, school fundraisers that some say are sending the wrong message...
Cubs vendors enjoying bonus baseball, extra money
For more than 40 years, Howard Spiegel has climbed the stairs at Wrigley Field hawking his wares, a remarkable stretch that he more or less shrugs off. From his perch...
Cubs season already a winner for nearby restaurants
Before the first pitch was hurled on the banks of Pittsburgh's Allegheny River last week — hours before the Cubs earned the right to play at home Monday night —...