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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Emmanuel Camarillo

Englewood Save A Lot opening postponed after pressure from community

A demonstrator holds up a sign during a protest against the opening of a Save A Lot at 832 W. 63rd St. in Englewood on Wednesday. The store was set to open at a former site of a Whole Foods store. Community members say that Save A Lot offers lower-quality products and that their concerns hadn’t been addressed before the store’s opening. (Emmanuel Camarillo/Sun-Times)

A Save A Lot grocery that was set to open in Englewood on Thursday will remain closed after demonstrators who gathered outside the store demanded to first meet with owners.

Activists, neighbors and elected officials who said the store was installed at the site of the former Whole Foods at 832 W. 63rd St. without input from residents huddled just beyond its doors to protest the soft opening on Wednesday. 

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