Supermarket Spring Has Finally Come To Chicago

There are big changes afoot in the grocery sector with new formats, organic initiatives and pared down urban locations, not to mention mergers and acquisitions. In Chicago, there is a supermarket spring awakening and if this market is any indication, shoppers are in for an exciting few years.

Here in Chicago, I’ve got a front row seat to what is shaping up to be an exciting time, at least for grocery shoppers.

It wasn’t the case six months ago, when Safeway announced it would close all Dominick’s stores in the Chicago market, leaving many shoppers and neighborhoods with few alternatives. It was a long, cold winter and those of us inside the Polar Vortex without a neighborhood market suffered doubly.

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