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View Poll Results: What grocery store do Chicagoans shop most?
Jewel 69 50.36%
Aldi 14 10.22%
Sam's, Super Walmart 6 4.38%
Meijer 3 2.19%
Super Target 9 6.57%
Tony's 7 5.11%
Cosco 9 6.57%
Food 4 less 3 2.19%
other 46 33.58%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 137. You may not vote on this poll

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Unread 04-30-2009, 07:11 PM
 
Location: Lynwood,IL
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I say get rid of Sears on State St and make a Super Target for the loop dwellers.
Why not make Sears have supercenter stores like their partner Kmart?
Until that day, I'll go to Ultra Foods.
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Unread 04-30-2009, 07:29 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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For South Loop dwellers; the Dominicks at Archer and Ashland is FAR better than the one at Roosevelt and Canal.
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Unread 05-02-2009, 11:53 AM
 
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Treasure Island is on the near north side.

Love that place!
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Unread 05-03-2009, 02:44 PM
 
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What unions? What low price stores are kept out? Isn't Food4Less and Aldi cheap enough?

Chicago's grocery shopping TOTALLY SUCKS compared to Houston's Grocery Shopping! They have SUPERWALMARTS in Houston with tons of food and cheap prices! Kroger and HEB there are ok too! If I were rich, I'd live in two cities! Chicago in May to November and Houston in December to April! So no Chicago Winters and no Houston Hurricanes or Ultra Hot and Humid summers!

I disagree.

While I really like HEB, especially in the manner that they tailor their grocery stores to the particular neighborhood, they are more expensive than Jewel or Dominicks DESPITE being in a low cost market.

The Krogers stores in Houston are well, mediocre.

Fiesta markets are pretty good and are the most fun shop.

What Houston lacks if the extensive number of independent groceries, most of which are much less expensive than the majors. Places like th Ca****'s Markets, Eurofresh, Moo and Oink and the like.

What I will admit is that you cannot get a brisket in Chicago for anywhere near the price that you will get in Houston.
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Unread 05-03-2009, 02:47 PM
 
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Avengerfire, you're an idiot! Like how am I supposed to know about these Food Unions... I never worked at Jewel's so yeah I wouldn't know about them...
There are large placards outside both Jewel and Dominick's that state that they are a union shop.

The mayor's fight against WalMart has been extensively reported on in the various local papers and news sources.
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Unread 05-03-2009, 02:54 PM
 
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...at Dominick's as a tourist looking for snacks in my hotel room; I've never been inside a Jewel's before..the main grocery chain here in Boston is Shaw's (formerly known as Star Market), although Stop and Shop is still fairly strong in Boston.

I have to ask, though: is there a Piggly Wiggly in Chicagoland? I've heard that it's both Midwestern and Southern, but perhaps more the latter..
Two comments:

1) SuperValu owns both Shaw's and Jewel/Osco.

2) Piggly Wiggly has several stores in the Chicagoland area (Algonquin and Gurnee) but they have closed in the last five years. There are some stores located in Wisconsin.
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Unread 05-03-2009, 04:10 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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The mayor's fight against WalMart has been extensively reported on in the various local papers and news sources.
It hasn't been the mayor's fight. The one leading the anti-Wal-Mart charge is Joe Moore. Daley has mostly stayed on the sidelines specifically with regards to the Wal-Mart fight, but he has shown his willingness to stand up to the unions when he vetoed that stupid "big-box-fair-wage" ordinance. And that wasn't easy either -- it passed the first time with enough votes to override his veto; he was only able to sustain his own veto by lobbying a couple of the aldermen to change their minds and not vote for an override.
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Unread 05-03-2009, 06:20 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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...What I will admit is that you cannot get a brisket in Chicago for anywhere near the price that you will get in Houston.
Sure you can in Wisconsin.
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Unread 08-12-2009, 12:14 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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I thought I would inform people that live on the far north side that Dominick's has announced the re-opening its store at
6623 N. Damen Ave.

Grand Opening
Thursday, August 13th 2009
4:00 P.M
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Unread 08-12-2009, 03:30 PM
 
Location: The land of Chicago
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The heck is cosco?
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