A planned soft open of a new Englewood grocery store is now on hold after protests outside the site.
Dozens of Englewood neighbors, along with city leaders, voiced their concerns outside the new Save A Lot grocery store on West 63rd near Halsted.
The grocery store, which is operated by Cleveland-based Yellow Banana, hosted a special preview event Wednesday for its new location, which was previously occupied by Whole Foods. Neighbors who opposed the opening stood watch. Freddie Batchelor, who attended Save A Lot's preview event, said she understood protesters concerns, but didn't necessarily agree fully with them.
"It was a productive conversation. I appreciate people expressing their views, we want to respect that," said Joe Canfield, CEO of Yellow Banana.
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