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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mariah Rush

Save A Lot officials face off with Englewood residents over plans for shuttered Whole Foods site

Residents and local leaders — including Ald. Stephanie Coleman (16th), Yellow Banana CEO Joe Canfield, Save A Lot CEO Leon Bergmann and Yellow Banana co-founder Michael Nance — filled Kennedy-King College’s auditorium Wednesday for a tense meeting following the postponement of the new Save A Lot’s opening in April. (Mariah Rush/Sun-Times)

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.

Save A Lot CEO Leon Bergmann and the co-founders of Yellow Banana — the company that subleases the site at 832 W 63rd St. — tried to convince neighborhood residents that, despite their concerns, Save A Lot is able to meet their grocery needs.

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