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.
Shoppers are finding savings already, depending on where you shop.
As the Mariano's grocery store chain expands in Chicago, its parent company says it plans to hire 2,500 workers to staff its new stores.
CBS 2's Chris Martinez visited stores from both chains to do a price check, comparing the base price of ten items at Dominick's and Mariano's.
Roundy's, which owns the Mariano's chain, says it will buy 11 of the Dominick's stores for $36 million.
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There was uncertainty, anxiety and even some tears as hundreds of Dominick's employees packed a store sponsored job fair.
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Four will be turned into Jewel-Osco stores, what happens to the other 68 is a big mystery. Some fear the once-thriving stores will be turned into vacant eyesores. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports.
Safeway President and CEO Robert Edwards said the company seeks to quickly sell all or as many of the Dominick's stores as possible. Four have already been sold to the parent company of Jewel-Osco.
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Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) said Monday night that he hopes a full-service grocery store will be part of a new plan for the long-vacant lot in East Lakeview where a new Dominick's was supposed to be built.
Nearly six years after a fire destroyed a Dominick's store in the East Lakeview neighborhood, the lot where it stood remains vacant and future plans for the site are unclear.
In its own follow-up investigation, CBS 2 also finds items at Dominick's stores that should have been pulled.
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President Trump posted on social media that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed after a massive U.S. and Israeli military operation Saturday.
Americans weighed in on how long a conflict with Iran might last and what Congress should do.
Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham said the operation would be "violent, extensive and I believe, at the end of the day, successful."
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President Trump said that "heavy and pinpoint bombing" of Iran would "continue, uninterrupted throughout the week or, as long as necessary."
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Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
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Trader Joe's is opening a new location in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood.
The district laid out a $630 million plan to remake Soldier Field into a major concert venue and events space.
Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka, known for his hits like "Laughter in the Rain," "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" and "Calendar Girl," has died.
A 19th-century George Méliès film, thought to be long lost, has been found among a box of brittle movie reels that a Michigan donor brought to the Library of Congress, officials said.
Streaming giant Netflix declined to match Paramount Skydance's $31 per share offer for Warner Bros. Discovery.
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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2026 list of nominees, including Phil Collins, Mariah Carey, Wu-Tang Clan and more.
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President Trump said that "heavy and pinpoint bombing" of Iran would "continue, uninterrupted throughout the week or, as long as necessary."
At Federal Plaza, demonstrators expressed concern following the military operation in Iran that killed the country's supreme leader and the impact it may have going forward.
Chicago police said two men were arguing when one of them pulled out a sharp object and stabbed the victim in the arm and side.
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