February 21, 2019
Ald. Leslie Hairston (c) stands with 5th Ward residents at news conference announcing the opening of a new grocery store to replace the vacant Dominick's in Jeffery Plaza, 2101 E. 71st St. The announcement took place inside the store where construction is underway already. The new Shop & Save Local Market will be a full-service grocery store. Residents have been without a major grocer since Dominick's went out of business more than five years ago.
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Ald. Leslie Hairston Announces Long Awaited Grocery Store
Stakeholders in Chicago’s 5th Ward who’ve been waiting on a grocery store to replace the vacant Dominick’s in the Jeffery Plaza shopping center stood with Ald. Leslie Hairston at an announcement of the site opening under new ownership recently.