12 Chicago Area Cub Foods to Close for Remodeling
FRANKLIN PARK, Ill. -- Central Grocers Inc. here said 12 Cub Food stores it purchased in September will temporarily close Dec. 4 for remodeling.
The grocery wholesale cooperative, which serves about 240 member-owned grocery stores, said remerchandising of the stores is set to begin the week before December, with openings slated for early January.
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Highland, Ind.-based Strack & Van Til supermarkets will operate eight of the stores purchased by Central as either discounted Ultra Foods or Strack & Van Tils.
The remaining four will be operated by Garden Fresh Markets, a Chicago-based independent grocery-store operator that has five stores in the northern part of the city and northern suburbs in Arlington Heights, Mundelein, Round Lake Beach and Waukegan.
The grocery wholesale cooperative, which serves about 240 member-owned grocery stores, said remerchandising of the stores is set to begin the week before December, with openings slated for early January.
(Story continues below.)
Highland, Ind.-based Strack & Van Til supermarkets will operate eight of the stores purchased by Central as either discounted Ultra Foods or Strack & Van Tils.
The remaining four will be operated by Garden Fresh Markets, a Chicago-based independent grocery-store operator that has five stores in the northern part of the city and northern suburbs in Arlington Heights, Mundelein, Round Lake Beach and Waukegan.