Anna Marie Kukec
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Chicago, IL, United States
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With Amazon in, online grocery shopping taking off
Shoppers buying groceries online are expected to jump 10 percent this year and more grocery stores are jumping on board. Amazon's recent entrance into the market is expected to be a game changer. → Read More
Online grocery shopping grows with supply and demand
Grocery industry experts are looking closely the growth of online grocery shopping and what Amazon may do with Whole Foods. → Read More
No deal between striking mechanics, auto dealers after talks Monday
While the auto mechanics strike reaches its one-week mark, both sides have decided to return to the table today to restart negotiations. → Read More
Michael Jordan's opens in Oak Brook
Michael Jordan's Restaurant, which features the basketball star's favorite Southern dishes, opened Monday in Oak Brook. → Read More
Why Illinois' personal income growth is 49th in nation
Why does Illinois rank 49th, just above Nevada, in personal income growth over the decade ending in 2016? Experts blame the loss of population, an adversarial political climate, and a need for job training and education. → Read More
Lake Villa man charged with supplying fatal dose of heroin
A Lake Villa man has been arrested on a $750,000 warrant on a charge of selling heroin to a woman who died, Sgt. Christopher Covelli of the Lake County sheriff's office said Saturday. → Read More
Hinsdale woman murdered in robbery; homeless man charged
A homeless man, Dominic Sanders, 30, was denied bail Saturday morning on a charge of first degree murder in the stabbing death of a Hinsdale woman during a robbery in her home. → Read More
Ala Carte Entertainment grows new restaurant concepts in an old-school company
Ala Carte Entertainment, also known as ACE, has been introducing unique concepts in restaurants and nightclubs, operating them for years, and then when the time comes, reinventing them again. The company operates Moretti's Ristorante, Finn McCool's, Chandler's, Famous Freddie's and others. And it all started with The Snuggery in the 1970s. → Read More
Andy's Frozen Custard readies new suburban spots
Andy's Frozen Custard is preparing to open four suburban locations and will hire about 140 workers and supervisors in coming months. → Read More
1871 CEO urges DuPage businesses to keep up with the speed of technology
1871 CEO Howard Tullman urged business owners to keep up with the digital age, or fall behind. He addressed about 700 business executives, financial experts and others at Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace for the 8th annual DuPage County Regional Business Outlook. → Read More
International Trade Commission takes Motorola's case
The U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. said Friday it will investigate China-based Hytera, which was accused of stealing patented technology for two-way radios and systems from Motorola Solutions Inc. → Read More
Daily Herald buys 3 Carbondale newspapers for southern Illinois group
Paddock Publications Inc., publishers of the Daily Herald and other publications, said Thursday it has acquired three Carbondale newspapers in southern Illinois, bringing its total to 15 newspapers in the region. → Read More
'Flea market on steroids' at Design Toscano in Elk Grove Village this weekend
A life-size dinosaur, 12-foot toy soldiers and about 10,000 other unusual and whimsical products from Design Toscano are expected to attract thousands of bargain hunters this weekend. → Read More
Kukec's People: Elgin chiropractic doctor also record-setting weightlifter
Thomas Mitchell of Hampshire and founder of the Chicago Institute for Health and Wellness, is also a record-setting weightlifter. He recently shattered his own national record to break a world record by bench pressing 485 pounds in the 198 weight class during a competition of the American Drug-Free Powerlifting Federation competition. → Read More
Rush to break ground Monday in Oak Brook
DuPage County and Rush University Medical Center officials are expected to break ground on Monday for a new medical building at 2011 York Road in Oak Brook. The three-story, 100,000-square-foot building is set to open in Spring 2019 with an outpatient surgery center and other amenities. → Read More
Noodles & Company starts closing restaurants
The struggling Noodles & Company chain Wednesday closed 16 underperforming restaurants, including those in Park Ridge, Lake Bluff, Northbrook, Evergreen Park and two in Chicago at Roscoe Square and Touhy and McCormick. → Read More
Lawyer-turned-Internet radio host loves new gig
Al and Delores Weissman started a 24/7 Internet radio station called WORD: World Of Rock Destination at www.wordurock.com that had its grand opening last week. The new station originates in the back bedroom of the Weissman's home on Victoria Street in Antioch and features music spanning from the 1960s to now and some notable hosts. → Read More
Ownership roller-coaster leaves future uncertain for Scale-Tronix workers
When Dave Hale and co-owner Carolyn Lepler decided to sell Carol Stream-based Scale-Tronix, they wanted to make sure the new owners would not lay off their longtime employees. But that's exactly what might be happening, after the buyer of Scale-Tronix was later acquired by another company. → Read More
Presence Health plans 250 layoffs to cut costs
Chicago-based Presence Health, which includes hospitals in Elgin, Des Plaines and Aurora, plans to lay off about 250 employees over the next three months. The company also plans not to fill other positions that become vacant through attrition. → Read More
Here's who won in contested Cook judicial primary races
Suburban Cook County voters Tuesday picked primary winners in six contests to fill Cook County court vacancies, according to vote totals from the Cook County clerk's website and the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. Results are unofficial and incomplete. → Read More