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Lab specialists Gabriele Rava, left, and Martha Lemus arrange a display of products in Ferrero's new innovation center and R&D lab in the Marshall Field building on State Street, now anchored by Macy's, on Sept. 15, 2023.

Ferrero opens downtown innovation lab, marking a return of chocolate-making to Marshall Field building

September 19, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.

For nearly 70 years, workers minted Frango chocolates on the 13th floor of the Marshall Field & Co. building on State Street. Frango production moved out of state in 1999...

Kellogg board approves snacks spinoff based in Chicago

September 11, 2023 at 3:41 p.m.

Kellogg Co. said Monday its board of directors had approved the company's plan to split in two: WK Kellogg Co., a cereals company, and Kellanova, a snacks company to be...

Pickup associate Jordyn Jenkins collects grocery items, Aug. 18, 2022, at Mariano's in the Bucktown neighborhood.

Kroger will sell Mariano’s brand name, and some Mariano’s stores, as it prepares to merge with Albertsons

September 8, 2023 at 4:36 p.m.

One of the major brand names in Chicago's grocery landscape will change hands as giants Kroger and Albertsons shed stores in hopes of securing federal approval for their megamerger. The...

José Sánchez, centro, empleado de limpieza del Kinzie Hotel, junto con sus compañeros de trabajo, se manifestaron frente al hotel el 6 de septiembre de 2023.

Personal de limpieza del hotel Kinzie presentan queja laboral por supuestamente ser reemplazados el fin de semana del Día del Trabajo

April 15, 2024 at 3:45 p.m.

El sindicato que representa al personal de limpieza del hotel Kinzie en River North dijo que presentó un cargo por práctica laboral injusta ante la Junta Nacional de Relaciones Laborales,...

José Sánchez, center, a house attendant at the Kinzie Hotel, pickets with fellow workers outside the hotel on Sept. 6, 2023. The union representing housekeeping staff at the hotel in River North said it has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board alleging the hotel illegally locked out housekeepers over Labor Day weekend.

Kinzie Hotel housekeepers lodge complaint over alleged Labor Day weekend lockout

September 9, 2023 at 1:29 p.m.

The union representing housekeeping staff at the Kinzie Hotel in River North said it has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board alleging the hotel...

Organizer Farrah Walker, in red, speaks during a protest for action on jobs and pollution on Aug. 16, 2023, outside a new Amazon delivery station in West Humboldt Park.

Amazon sued over planned West Humboldt Park facility

August 30, 2023 at 3:55 p.m.

A West Humboldt Park resident has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the opening of an Amazon facility in her neighborhood until the company goes through a public approval process....

Adults and children walk toward the McDonald's corporate office in the West Loop on Nov. 3, 2021, in Chicago. The group marched to the office to criticize McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski's text message to Mayor Lori Lightfoot, which referenced the fatal shootings of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams and 13-year-old Adam Toledo earlier in 2021.

McDonald’s must face racial discrimination lawsuit tied to CEO texts over Chicago shooting deaths, judge rules

August 29, 2023 at 4:31 p.m.

A federal judge has refused to dismiss a racial discrimination lawsuit against McDonald's tied to widely-criticized text messages CEO Chris Kempczinski sent former Mayor Lori Lightfoot in 2021 about the...

Workers on July 14, 2023, celebrate their announcement that Starbucks Reserve Roastery on Michigan Avenue filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board.

Workers at Starbucks Reserve Roastery on Michigan Avenue vote down union

August 28, 2023 at 2:52 p.m.

Workers at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery on Michigan Avenue — the largest Starbucks in the world — rejected union membership in a vote held Friday and Saturday by the National...

A sailboat passes Montrose Point in front of a hazy Chicago skyline on July 26, 2023.

Can AC protect against wildfire smoke? How Chicagoans can stay safe from bad air while indoors.

August 27, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

As climate change increases the severity and frequency of wildfires in North America, experts say many Americans are at risk of experiencing one in their lifetime. But even more may...

Eric Pillado talks about his educational loan debt while at home with his dog, Cooper, in a Streeterville apartment on Aug. 16, 2023, in Chicago. Pillado is in his sixth year of a seven-year residency in vascular surgery.

Chicagoans stare down financial cliff as student loan repayments are set to restart this fall

August 24, 2023 at 6:11 a.m.

Brianna Nesbitt took out her first round of federal student loans in 2010 as an 18-year-old freshman at Carthage College in Wisconsin. Her parents had declared bankruptcy three weeks before...

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