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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

Lightfoot: Whole Foods closing ‘gut blow’ to Englewood, but ‘we’re gonna work our tails off’ to find replacement

Amazon’s decision to close the Whole Foods store in Englewood is a “gut blow” to an impoverished community, but the grand experiment was doomed from the start, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Monday.

Lightfoot said she visited the soon-to-be-shuttered store on the day after the announcement to relay to store management and employees the assurances Amazon made to her when they gave her early warning about the closing.

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