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Working Lunch Friday, May 9, 2025 | | |
| | | | | It's lunchtime, Chicago. Chicago, which has given rise to everything from the coffee maker and mobile phone to the Ferris wheel and now a new pope, is about to add another potentially groundbreaking development to its legacy: Nutella Peanut. The first new flavor variety of Nutella’s iconic hazelnut spread in its 60-year history is set to roll out next year from Italian candy giant Ferrero, with Chicago at the center of its plans. And on the transit front, the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District got an earful from a handful of riders at the last public hearing on a proposed 10% fare increase for South Shore Line passengers. Riders complained about packed trains and late trains, among other issues. Read that story and more in today's Working Lunch. Top business stories | Real estate | | | | Developed over five years by Ferrero’s food scientists, Nutella Peanut will be made exclusively at its west suburban Franklin Park factory. | | | | | The fare increase would be the first since 2018, riders were told in a meeting at Hammond Public Library. | | | | | The Trump administration plan calls for six new air traffic control centers, along with technology and communications upgrades over the next three years. | | | | | The panel will gather for two days next month to help decide how city-owned land around the Fifth Avenue train station north of downtown should be developed. | | | | | Braun participated in a Q&A session Thursday while protesters outside the event criticized much of the legislation he has signed into law. | | | | | Citing uncertainty about the economy, Mattel also paused its financial guidance for the full year and said it expects tariffs to affect costs in the third quarter. | | | |
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