11/12/19: An 'all-hands-on-deck' Approach To Addressing Hunger

The Greater Chicago Food Depository has announced plans for a $50 million kitchen with the goal of making up to 17,000 meals each day to feed Cook County's aging population, which is on course to significantly increase over the next decade. The organization’s CEO Kate Maehr and Crain’s reporter Sarah Zimmerman discuss the project today on the podcast. Plus: The phasing out of an index attached to CME’s biggest product group has created an opportunity for rivals, a health care software firm raises $22 million, nonprofit hospitals are forced to defend hundreds of millions in property tax breaks and retailers say Fiat Chrystler—whose production facilities include a Jeep Cherokee plant in Belvidere—revived a "sales bank" approach they hate. Use hashtag #CrainsDailyGist on Twitter to continue the conversation about these and other business stories.