A previously scheduled opening for the store was postponed after a protest by community members.
Jackie Simmons shops for groceries during the opening of the Englewood Save-A-Lot on May 11, 2023. Community leaders in Englewood, including Ald. Stephanie Coleman, whose 16th Ward includes the grocery store, expressed frustration that the former Whole Foods would be replaced by a grocery brand they said was known by many residents for poor quality food.its arrival, supported by $10.
Coleman said she had visited the company’s store on 63rd Street in the West Lawn neighborhood recently. “There’s rotten fruit. There’s a stench in their store,” she said. Some community leaders have suggested Yellow Banana should break their lease for the location, which is being subsidized by Whole Foods. Canfield said Thursday that was not on the table.
Asiaha Butler, the CEO of the Resident Association of Greater Englewood, or R.A.G.E., said she found out about the opening of the store from a reporter. Butler said she had not heard from Yellow Banana since a community meeting held last week at“They really act as if they had taken our concerns and our questions,” she said. “And they still just undermine community voice and community concern.”
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