CHICAGO — Six years ago Whole Foods Market opened a store with much fanfare in Englewood, a South Side neighborhood that had few other groceries at the time. Lines of customers, many of them clutching Whole Foods tote bags, stretched out the door on opening day. Live music filled the air.
On Friday, the Englewood location and a store in the DePaul University Welcome Center on Chicago's North Side appeared on a list of six Whole Foods sites across the country slated for closure.
Local activists said the Englewood store’s 2016 opening had been a source of hope, and now they feel betrayed.
