Centrella could be the latest player in Chicago’s grocery wars

Centrella could be the latest player in Chicago’s grocery wars
Centrella could be the latest player in Chicago’s grocery wars

Centrella could be the latest player in Chicago’s grocery wars

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Crain’s Chicago Business reported Thursday that stores affiliated with the independent grocery co-op Central Grocers-purveyors of the Centrella brand-may be on the verge of buying some of the Dominick’s locations closing around Chicago. Have we seen this kind of grocery store upheaval before? Can the independent grocer model compete here? We ask Jon Hauptman of the consulting firm Willard Bishop to weigh in on Chicago’s changing supermarket scene. (Photo: Flickr/AmtrakGuy2010)