Comments on: Whole Foods Reported To Buy Edgewater Dominick’s, But No Corporate confirmation

By: Spugi di Savoia

Spugi di Savoia — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 10:58:00 +0000

It won’t open until 2015. You know what else opens in 2015? Meijer on Oakton, just west of McCormick. Over 200,000 square feet of grocery and general merchandise heaven, open 24 hours a day, with affordably priced organic foods as well as house and national brands, just five miles and 15 minutes away. With no neighborhood crazies stalking the aisles or the parking lot and no stray bullets. Thank you baby jezus for answering my prayers! Nothing is better than Meijer. NOTHING.

By: ChiTownEdge

ChiTownEdge — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 21:36:00 +0000

and the new library is nice too. That whole area is really changing.

By: ChrisM

ChrisM — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 18:04:00 +0000

That stretch of Broadway already looks a thousand times better with the new Walgreens and LA Fitness there. A new Whole Foods will add to that significantly.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 03:50:00 +0000

This is fantastic news for the hood, Whole Foods is known to help improve the surrounding neighborhoods they operate in; this is referred to as “the whole foods effect”. Do a bing/google search and you would be surprised.

Makes sense that they would want to open up at the N. Broadway location. This is going to be good for the community going forward, a lot of other businesses will be coming into the area. Maybe we will see further development and improvement along the Granville Redline stop.

By: Jim Olson

Jim Olson — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 00:16:00 +0000

I am happy as well. It will also probably not be our regular market either, but neither was Dominicks. It certainly will be an addition to our neighborhood. I lived in Boston when WF replaced a local market, and study after study showed that WF was no more expensive than the previous market had been for non-organic items. As I said, there are some organic items and other high-end items that they sell, but, that’s their niche.

By: gscan

gscan — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 16:45:00 +0000

Went to WF in Lakeview for the first time last week, and was shocked at the price for just regular chicken. WF is expensive. However, it also has some great items that you can’t find elsewhere. I’m happy that they’re moving in, and think they will do quite well. Many in the area won’t be able to afford it as their regular grocery store. But WF depends on drive-up traffic, and that location is well-situated in that regard.

By: zagotta

zagotta — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 15:33:00 +0000

Thanks for not doing our research Jim because many feel we work hard enough to get you good stories. Keely only made reference to a popular point of view. But thank you for your opinion.

By: Jim Olson

Jim Olson — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 04:45:00 +0000

You know, instead of repeating the “Whole Paycheck” disparagement meme, perhaps a bit of research is in order. (I will not do it for you.) Whole Foods does carry some higher quality and organic items that are priced accordingly, but their house line, and on other non-organic items they are generally competitive. I think Whole Foods is an excellent addition to our neighborhood.

By: Curtis Jadwin

Curtis Jadwin — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 23:28:00 +0000

What the Capplefoods!