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Mike Hughlett

Reporter | Food industry

Phone: 612-673-7003

Email: mike.hughlett@startribune.com

Mike Hughlett covers the food industry for the Star Tribune,.including General Mills and Supervalu. Previously, he was a food reporter for the Chicago Tribune.

Downtown Whole Foods to become a reality

The Texas-based chain confirmed plans for the vacant site at Hennepin and Washington.

Updated: February 08, 2012, - 09:55 PM

Buffalo Wild Wings earnings jump 33% despite rising costs

A big increase in the cost of chicken didn't stop the restaurant chain from beating profit expectations.

Updated: February 07, 2012, - 11:40 PM

As Supervalu sales shrink, 200 jobs are lost in Twin Cities

Corporate jobs will be cut at Supervalu, including 200 in the Twin Cities. A lot of IT work is being outsourced to India.

Updated: February 07, 2012, - 11:38 PM

In Congress, no one beats the influential beet lobby

Consumers pay extra $1 billion per year because of government price supports for sugar, economists say.

Updated: February 07, 2012, - 10:31 AM

MillerCoors buys Crispin, Mpls. maker of hard cider

The Minneapolis company, launched in 2008, is the country's third-largest hard cider producer.

Updated: February 06, 2012, - 09:16 PM

Listeria risk spurs Michael Foods to widen egg recall

The Minnetonka company has recalled 150,000 pounds of hard-boiled eggs it sold for institutional use.

Updated: February 02, 2012, - 09:24 PM

Obituary: 'Gunnar' Bernards, a pillar of Brooklyn Center schools

He was old-school, and not in a bad way. ... His heart was with the staff and the kids."

Updated: February 01, 2012, - 08:54 PM

Lockout of workers could damage support in Congress

The union won't back cooperative during dispute.

Updated: January 28, 2012, - 09:54 PM

Obituary: Frank Gery, 83, remade economics at St. Olaf

When Frank Gery arrived at St. Olaf College in 1962, the Northfield school's economics department was sort of a business skills program -- more about bookkeeping than social science. He would transform it into a bastion of modern economics, steeped in statistical analysis.

Updated: January 27, 2012, - 07:35 PM