Greg Trotter

Sophomore Jason Laqua eats a sandwich at Cousins Subs on the Marquette University campus in Milwaukee. The company plans to bring 40 shops to the Chicago area by the end of 2025.

With new franchise deal, Wisconsin-based Cousins Subs will open 40 locations in Chicago area, three this year

December 13, 2018 at 12:21 a.m.

Cousins Subs, the Wisconsin-based purveyor of grilled meat sandwiches, cheese curds and soups, plans to open three locations in the Chicago area later this year. Cousins Subs has inked a...

The Wheeling-based distributor of LaCroix and other beverages is closing.

Longtime beer wholesaler to close after 70 years, sell rights to LaCroix, Modelo and other brands

December 13, 2018 at 12:08 a.m.

After more than 70 years of business, Wheeling-based Skokie Valley Beverage Co. is closing its doors and selling off chunks of its North Side and north suburban distribution business to...

Windward Boardshop (W82) on Clark Street plans to stay open while the protest passes through Wrigleyville.

Lakeview businesses brace for the unknown during Thursday’s anti-violence protest

December 12, 2018 at 11:59 p.m.

Come Thursday evening, customers on the rooftop at the Old Crow Smokehouse in Wrigleyville may notice that access to the edge is cordoned off farther back than usual. That’s to...

Amaria Garcia clips off empty stems at MightyVine on July 31, 2018, in Rochelle.

MightyVine tomatoes to double operations — again — to meet growing demand

December 13, 2018 at 4:31 a.m.

MightyVine, the Rochelle-based hydroponic grower of tomatoes, plans to double the size of its operation once again to help meet increasing demand from large retailers like Costco, Walmart and Jewel-Osco,...

Un cliente observa cervezas de MillerCoors y Anheuser-Busch en el Binny's Beverage Depot en la cuadra 1700 de N. Marcey St. el 27 de julio, 2018 en Chicago.

El precio de la cerveza y refrescos subiría en Chicago debido a las tarifas de aluminio

December 13, 2018 at 4:28 a.m.

Los precios de algunas marcas populares de cerveza y refrescos pronto podrían subir, un efecto dominó de las tarifas de aluminio impuestas por el Presidente Donald Trump y otras presiones...

Beer, soda prices could increase in Chicago this fall because of aluminum tariffs

December 13, 2018 at 4:27 a.m.

Prices of some popular beer and soda brands soon could be on the increase — a trickle-down effect from President Donald Trump’s aluminum tariffs and other cost pressures. Beginning Sept....

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 13, 2018 at 4:13 a.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 6:28 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 13, 2018 at 3:49 a.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 9:38 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...

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