Mike Hughlett

It's a jungle out there in the grocery aisles, a thicket of products claiming healthy this and nutritious that. Never before have food packages displayed so many health claims in...

Kraft Foods Inc. said Tuesday that it won support from 71.7 percent of Cadbury PLC's shareholders, giving the Northfield-based packaged food giant control of the world's largest publicly-traded confectionary company....

For 13 years, Chicago's Azteca Foods reigned as the Chicago White Sox's official nacho supplier -- until it was dethroned recently by Mexican-owned Mission Foods. Azteca's Art Velasquez knows that's...

The owner of a plastic molding firm in Batavia feels the shift. A caterer in Lisle doesn't. The government says the economy grew in the July-to-September period, snapping a streak...

Anheuser-Busch is serving up quite a view of Chicago's cityscape in a new ad for Budweiser, but don't look for it on your television -- it's only being broadcast in...

With lawmakers hoping to make video poker a reality in bars and restaurants throughout Illinois, state government stands to tap a gusher of cash if the new form of gambling...

Calorie-count disclosures would be required on menus at chain restaurants under federal legislation that has the backing of the restaurant industry and nutrition labeling watchdogs. The Senate backers of two...