Nearly 100 community members gathered Wednesday across the street from the site of a former Whole Foods in Englewood to meet face-to-face with the owners of the proposed low-cost supermarket that is slated to open in its place.
Earlier this month, protesters gathered in front of the shuttered Whole Foods demanding that the Save A Lot not open in the Englewood community. However, the owners of Yellow Banana have a licensing agreement to open the grocery store.Nearly 100 community members gathered Wednesday across the street from the site of a former Whole Foods into meet face-to-face with the owners of the proposed low-cost supermarket that is slated to open in its place.
Whole Foods closed its Englewood store last November, and Save A Lot took over the lease in January. ButAs a possible resolution for the months-long conflict, Ald. Stephanie Coleman — whose ward is where the site is located — and community members are asking the Ohio-based company to break its lease at the Englewood site and focus on their other stores around Chicago.
"We knew what it was like to grow up Black and Brown and poor," Nance said. "In my case shopped at a local Save A Lot."
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