Chicago

NOW puts name on Sears Centre, paving way for new Chicago trade show venue

24-Jun-2020 By Danielle Masterson

NOW Health Group, Inc. just announced it will take over naming rights to the Sears Centre Arena, an 11,000-seat multi-purpose family entertainment, cultural, and sports arena located in Hoffman Estates, a northwest Chicago suburb.

Fancy a cruise through Chicago’s waterways with the bosses of SPINS, Presence Marketing and KeHE?

28-Apr-2017 By Elaine Watson

Are your taste buds tickled by the prospect of a food tour of Mexico with Chef Rick Bayless? Or maybe an intensive business strategy session with Presence Marketing CEO Bill Weiland in Barrington Hills, Illinois, is more your thing? 

Trendspotting at the Healthy & Natural Show: From cold-pressed babyfood to banana water

17-May-2016 By Elaine Watson

Missed the inaugural Healthy & Natural Show at Chicago's Navy Pier? Check out our trendwatching gallery from the show, which provided a platform for a range of innovative brands, from veggemo to OrgaNums.  

Chicago Alderman ‘confident’ of action against energy drinks

07-Mar-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

The chairman of the Chicago City Council committee discussing highly caffeinated energy drinks is ‘confident’ some sort of action will come out of the hearings.

Dispatches from IFT

Spotlight falls on stevia blends and omega-3 at IFT

20-Jul-2010 By Caroline Scott-Thomas, Jess Halliday and Mike Stones

FoodNavigator-USA's team on the ground at IFT in Chicago give their impressions of the trade show so far on award-winning innovations, new omega-3 and gluten-free ingredients, and great taste improvements in stevia sweeteners.