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People stand in line to buy from food trucks parked Oct. 18, 2016, on Wacker Drive in Chicago's Loop. Food truck owners say the city's requirements for food trucks are too strict.

Long-simmering food truck fight heats up on Chicago streets, in court

June 9, 2018 at 9:16 a.m.

For Chicago food trucks, the fight for business begins before dawn, with a race to save downtown lunch spaces in popular, city-sanctioned serving locations. Not every operator participates in the...

More McDonald’s top brass to depart by year’s end

June 9, 2018 at 9:20 a.m.

McDonald's has announced that two more longtime executives will leave the company at the end of the year. Karen King, McDonald's USA's chief field officer and Erik Hess, senior vice...

McDonald's restaurant at their corporate headquarters in Oak Brook on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. McDonald's is selling more of its restaurants to franchisees to reduce the corporation's liability and create more profitable restaurants.

McDonald’s to take $130 million in charges on restructuring, refranchising

June 9, 2018 at 11:13 a.m.

McDonald's will take more charges in the recently completed third quarter related to restructuring and selling more of its restaurants to franchisees. The Oak Brook-based chain, which is set to...

McDonald's has applied for a trademark for "Mac Sauce," which could open the door for it to sell bottles of the spread that tops its Big Macs in grocery stores and other food retailers.

McDonald’s special sauce for Big Macs could be headed to retail shelves

June 9, 2018 at 11:04 a.m.

Is McDonald's special sauce coming to U.S. stores? McDonald's applied for a trademark for "Mac Sauce" in the United States late last month, which could open the door for it...

Part of the Ronald McDonald display is seen at the Museum of Broadcast Communications "Salute to Advertising's Greatest Icons" exhibit that ran May 9, 2015 to October 31, 2015.

Ronald McDonald has kept low profile long before clown scare

August 21, 2019 at 8:29 p.m.

Ronald. Paging Ronald. Are you there, Ronald? McDonald's said Tuesday that its trusty clown mascot Ronald McDonald is taking a hiatus in response to a rash of creepy clown sightings...

Yes, Bill Murray’s sporting a Jimmy John’s cap at the Cubs game

June 9, 2018 at 12:21 p.m.

If you watched Cubs second baseman Javier Baez hit a go-ahead home run in Friday night's National League Division Series opener against the San Francisco Giants, you might have seen...

Candymaker Mars is combining its chocolate business, which includes Snickers, M&M's and Twix, with its Wrigley candy subsidiary, headquartering the combined division in Chicago.

Mars takes full control of Wrigley, blending chocolate business for new unit to be based in Chicago

June 9, 2018 at 12:53 p.m.

Mars is combining its chocolate business, which makes famous brands like Snickers, M&M's and Twix, with its Wrigley candy subsidiary, headquartering the combined division in Chicago. The combination was possible...

Sweet Tomatoes shutters in Illinois as parent files bankruptcy

June 9, 2018 at 12:41 p.m.

Soup and salad chain Sweet Tomatoes closed all its Illinois restaurants this week after its parent company filed for bankruptcy Monday. Locations in Glenview, Waukegan, Schaumburg, Lombard, Aurora and St....

Fifteen McDonald's workers from eight states are alleging sexual harrassment, and have filed claims with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

McDonald’s workers file sexual harassment charges with EEOC

August 21, 2019 at 8:24 p.m.

Fifteen McDonald's workers from eight states including Illinois have filed charges against the world's largest burger chain and some of its franchisees, alleging they were victims of sexual harassment on...

McDonald’s leases a bigger chunk of planned Chicago headquarters building

June 22, 2020 at 2:47 a.m.

McDonald's has bought some breathing room in its planned Chicago headquarters. The Oak Brook-based burger chain, which is set to move downtown in spring 2018, has leased more space in...

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