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Employee Gaudencio Contreras stocks boxes of yellow squash and zucchini at Stanley's Fresh Fruits & Vegetables, a longtime produce vendor in the West Town community. Stanley's is looking to sell its property amid widespread redevelopment of the area.

Stanley’s Fresh Fruits & Vegetables to sell property as North Side neighborhood develops

December 12, 2018 at 10:13 p.m.

Stanley’s Fresh Fruits & Vegetables, a popular longtime produce vendor in Chicago’s North Branch industrial corridor, is looking to sell its property amid widespread development proposals in the area. Stanley’s...

John Kiefner, 54, brings bales of straw to a barn on his farm near Manhattan, Ill., on July 24, 2018. The Will County corn and soybean farmer expects that farmers will try to cut back on expenses with soybean prices down.

Illinois farmers welcome $12 billion in aid, but prefer trade: ‘There’s no magic crop out there’

August 7, 2019 at 1:28 a.m.

Illinois soybean farmers caught in the middle of President Donald Trump’s trade war with China might see some short-term relief from $12 billion in aid announced Tuesday, but they’re still...

Joe Perrino, CEO of Home Run Inn, talks about the family business and their new product ventures Jan, 26, 2010, in Woodridge.

Home Run Inn CEO Joe Perrino, who helped turn business into frozen pizza empire, dead at 64

December 12, 2018 at 9:49 p.m.

Joe Perrino, the CEO who grew the fourth-generation family-owned Home Run Inn business into a frozen pizza empire, died Thursday morning, according to his family. He was 64. Perrino’s father,...

An outbreak of an intestinal illness in 10 states has been linked to McDonald's salads, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

More than 160 people sickened by foodborne illness outbreak linked to McDonald’s salads

August 22, 2019 at 4:38 a.m.

The outbreak of an intestinal illness linked to McDonald’s salads has sickened 163 people in 10 states, with Illinois and Iowa residents representing the highest totals among them, the Centers...

Paul Gossett, center, Jewel-Osco's new president, meets management at a Jewel-Osco store in Elk Grove Village on July 18, 2018.

Jewel-Osco names new president after Doug Cygan’s death

July 18, 2018 at 2:52 p.m.

Jewel-Osco has tapped another executive from within parent company Albertsons Cos. to succeed Doug Cygan as president. Cygan died at age 55 on July 5 after a brief illness. Paul...

Workers stand by pepperoni and smokehouse sausage sticks that will be hung to dry at Bridgford Foods in Chicago on July 12, 2018.

In exodus from Fulton Market, surviving meatpackers scatter and adapt

December 12, 2018 at 9:24 p.m.

Blood-soaked smocks have moved on from Chicago's Fulton Market district, replaced by the white tablecloths of hip restaurants and the white collars of office workers. Soaring property values have been...

An outbreak of an intestinal illness that in some cases has been linked to McDonald's salads has sickened 100 people in Illinois, according to officials with the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Foodborne parasite sickens 100 in Illinois; some cases linked to McDonald’s salads

December 12, 2018 at 9:16 p.m.

An outbreak of an intestinal illness that in some cases has been linked to McDonald’s salads has sickened 100 people in Illinois, officials with the Illinois Department of Public Health...

Tobias Peggs, CEO of Square Roots Urban Growers, speaks about urban farming outside one of the Square Roots shipping containers on April 25, 2017 in New York. The startup says its hydroponic system can grow more than 50 pounds of greens per container per week.

Coming to Englewood: Kimbal Musk’s Square Roots urban farm in shipping containers

December 12, 2018 at 9:11 p.m.

There’s another Musk brother with big plans for Chicago. Kimbal Musk, younger brother of Tesla founder Elon Musk, is planning on bringing his Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Square Roots urban farm to...

The Fresh Market store in Glen Ellyn, seen in 2016, is one of 15 locations slated to close nationwide. The stores are expected to close within two to four weeks.

Fresh Market closes stores, including 2 in Chicago area, as it tries to survive as ‘specialty’ store

December 12, 2018 at 9:01 p.m.

The Fresh Market, an upscale grocery chain headquartered in North Carolina, announced this week it will close 15 stores nationally, including four in Illinois. Fresh Market will close stores in...

The Pillsbury Doughboy balloon floats above Sixth Avenue during the 2014 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. A private equity firm plans to buy the U.S. rights to Pillsbury baking products and other brands and run the food business from Chicago.

Private equity firm to buy Pillsbury and other brands for $375M, open Chicago HQ

December 12, 2018 at 8:55 p.m.

A private equity firm plans to buy a smattering of brands, including the U.S. rights to Pillsbury baking products and the Funfetti brand, from the The J.M. Smucker Co. for...

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