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Food company Kerry faces OSHA fine for worker injuries at Melrose Park plant

June 8, 2018 at 6:54 p.m.

Irish food products company Kerry Inc. has been cited by federal safety inspectors after two workers at its Chicago-area plant were injured on the job because the company allegedly failed...

Submarine sandwich chain Jimmy John's has agreed to pay $100,000 to the Illinois attorney general's office over its noncompete agreements.

Jimmy John’s agrees to pay $100,000 to Illinois AG over noncompete contracts

June 8, 2018 at 7:21 p.m.

Jimmy John's has agreed to a $100,000 settlement with the Illinois attorney general's office over its use of noncompete agreements for its hourly employees. The Illinois attorney general sued the...

McDonald’s CEO teases plan for ground-floor space in new West Loop HQ

June 8, 2018 at 7:57 p.m.

McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook hinted that the world's largest burger chain may have a presence in the ground-floor retail space planned in its new headquarters in Chicago's West Loop. "We...

Fewer Americans are going out to eat, citing the rising cost of meals and the lack of disposable income. That didn't stop President-elect Donald Trump, center, Mitt Romney, right, and Trump Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, who ate at Jean-Georges restaurant, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York.

Restaurant visits decline as cash-strapped consumers opt for homemade meals

June 8, 2018 at 7:41 p.m.

Eating out is losing its luster with cash-strapped consumers. Restaurant visits declined in the third quarter, research and consulting firm NPD Group said on Tuesday. Fast-food chain visits, which make...

A judge has sided with the city in a challenge to its 2012 food truck ordinance.

Food truck loses 4-year court battle over city regulations, vows to appeal

June 8, 2018 at 7:40 p.m.

It's a tough time to be a food truck in Chicago. After a four-year court battle, a Chicago food truck owner on Monday failed in her effort to overturn what...

Customers wait in line Dec. 1, 2016, to buy lunch from the Harold's Chicken food truck, one of several parked in a designated area on Wacker Drive in downtown Chicago. Food truck owners and their advocates are awaiting a court ruling on the city's food truck law.

Food truck ruling to decide mobile food’s fate in Chicago

June 8, 2018 at 8:31 p.m.

Update: On Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, a Cook County judge ruled in favor of the city. Food truck owners and supporters are awaiting a ruling Monday that could vastly improve...

McDonald’s first chief digital officer leaves, heads to Volvo

June 8, 2018 at 9:10 p.m.

McDonald's first chief digital officer, who oversaw huge advancements in the burger giant's technology efforts, has left the company to join Volvo Car Group. Atif Rafiq, 43, had been with...

Mobile market effort bringing veggies to underserved Chicagoans adds 2nd bus

June 8, 2018 at 9:47 p.m.

An effort to bring mobile produce markets to underserved local neighborhoods is about to expand with help from a Chicago restaurant newcomer. Growing Power, a nonprofit that works to provide...

Salad chain Sweetgreen signs lease for 3rd Chicago store

June 12, 2018 at 3:38 a.m.

Sweetgreen, the salad chain that opened its first store in Chicago this summer, said it has signed a lease for its third local store, set to open next year in...

McDonald's executive chef Dan Coudreaut, who is vice president of culinary innovation, prepares a hamburger at McDonald's test kitchen at its Oak Brook corporate headquarters in 2016. The burger chain is switching to fresh, not frozen, beef in its Quarter Pounders.

McDonald’s expands fresh beef test. Could national rollout be next?

June 8, 2018 at 9:41 p.m.

McDonald's said Tuesday it is expanding a test of fresh beef burgers after a trial run in Texas got a positive response. The world's largest burger chain's experimentation is part...

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