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Fresh Thyme Market, a community-focused grocer, is honored to be the first grocery partner of Naturally Chicago's Locally Made Retail Access Program.

Wellness West, a coalition of Chicago's health and safety-net institutions, and Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, today announced a new partnership that leverages the scale and convenience of Instacart to help food-insecurity and chronically ill individuals on the West Side of Chicago.

The city of Chicago is exploring opening a municipal grocery store to remedy the problem of food deserts.

Yellow Banana, the owner and operator of eight Save A Lot locations in the Chicagoland area, today announced the March 31, 2023 closing of a $26.5 million investment into grocery stores on the South and West Sides of Chicago.

The company said in a statement the stores, collectively, have not been profitable in the 17 years they've operated and after losing "tens of millions" of dollars a year, annual losses shot up sharply.

By focusing solely on the online grocery shopper, the platform promises users no substitutions, no hidden or extra fees, and a focused assortment that enables users to avoid an in-person trip to the grocery store.

Farmstead announced the opening of its waitlist Jan 14 and the list filled within days.

Performance Food Group believes the addition of Reinhart and its complementary strengths will expand Performance Foodservice’s broadline presence, improve its network efficiency and help it achieve our long-term growth goals.

The combined group of companies will be led by Steve Grinstead as CEO and Greg Corsaro as President and COO.