Final Curtain Falls For Most Dominick's Stores
The final day for stores in the closing chain is Saturday. CBS 2's Mai Martinez visits one North Side location.
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The final day for stores in the closing chain is Saturday. CBS 2's Mai Martinez visits one North Side location.
The Dominick's in north suburban Bannockburn will be staying open for about a month. The emptied shelves are now restocked with food for sale at full price.
Friday, customers were taking advantage of discounts of 75 percent. But with the sales come questions about what happens to the stores that haven't been purchased by competitors. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports.
One shopper said she purchased $1,500 in wine at half off.
Bargain hunters poured into the soon-to-be-closed Dominick's stores on Friday, filling their carts with groceries and other necessity at deals almost too good to be true.
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