What's next for RXBar | Loop nostalgia | Kraft Heinz targets organics

2018年3月7日星期三

What's next for RXBar | Loop nostalgia | Kraft Heinz targets organics

What's next for RXBar after Kellogg acquisition: nut butter spread, new headquarters

Wednesday, Mar 7

RXBar's founders believe it's just the beginning of extending the brand well beyond protein bars. Now backed by Kellogg's considerable resources, the company's also planning to distribute products internationally for the first time.

"We're trying to think of ways to not get fat and soft," said CEO Peter Rahal.

WLUP nostalgia: It's hard to miss what's no longer there

STEVE JOHNSON: Veteran Chicago radio station WLUP-FM 97.9 is being sold to a Christian outlet, and Chicagoans are in mourning. But what's worth missing about "The Loop" isn't the current, retrograde classic-rock format, but the station's brief, improvisational talk heyday.

New Kraft Heinz venture to focus on natural, organic food brands

Kraft Heinz's move highlights a trend of big food brands either financing or acquiring new small brands in an effort to keep pace with innovation.

State Farm cutting nearly 900 IT positions in Bloomington

State Farm is cutting 890 information technology positions in Bloomington as part of a "realignment."

Proposed development along 606 trail highlights tension over rising rents and home prices

Along The 606 trail, neighborhood redevelopment can be too pricey for the area's current residents.

AT&T adding 500 jobs for new Chicago call center

AT&T is opening a new Chicago call center in a renovated northwest side building and adding hundreds of jobs.

U.S. Steel to restart Illinois plant after tariff announcement

U.S. Steel Corp. says it will restart one of two blast furnaces along with steel-making facilities in Illinois after President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on steel imports.

Under Trump, payday lenders and consumer protection agency exhibit cozier relationship

The former CEO of a payday lending company that had been under investigation by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has asked to be considered for the top job at the watchdog agency, a sign of the warm relationship between the agency's new leadership and an industry it once scrutinized.

The Fearless Girl statue turns one today. Here's what she's inspired.

State Street Global Advisers, the investment firm behind the Fearless Girl statue, is expected to announce Wednesday that of the 787 all-male boards in the United States, Britain and Australia that it identified and then pressured to add women, 152 did so. Another 34 said they plan to in the near term.