Yellow Banana Press Coverage

Yellow Banana has announced the receipt of a $13.5 million Community Development Grant from Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the city of Chicago.

Yellow Banana plans to remodel five supermarkets and reopen a closed location in the Midwestern city through the project, which is intended to boost access to groceries for people in underserved neighborhoods.

Plans for the closed Gresham Save A Lot have been solidified, as Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces $13.5 million in grants to go toward Yellow Banana-owned stores, including the Gresham location.

Minority-owned company Yellow Banana said it will use the money to invest in upgrades at six Save A Lot stores in underserved areas.

Lightfoot will also back grocery chain on West and South sides and artists' space and cafe with nearly $50 million in city cash.

City’s investment will make grocery co-op a reality & help revitalize Uptown via job creation, community programming, & preservation of historic Gerber Building

After a wave of grocery closings resulting in food deserts, the city of Chicago on Monday, July 18, announced that it awarded a $13.5 million grant to Yellow

Having received $13.5 million through the city’s Community Development Grant program, the sites of the new stores will be former Save A Lot locations that have been closed in Black and Brown communities over the years.

Yellow Banana receives $13.5M grant to invest in grocery stores in underserved communities

Community has lost multiple businesses recently

A Save-A-Lot in Auburn Gresham that shuttered in 2020 may reopen by the end of the year.

The stores owned by Yellow Banana receive government grants to purchase new equipment and re-open a shuttered location.

Yellow Banana, the owner and operator of eight Save A Lot locations in the Chicagoland area, received a $13.5 million community development grant from Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the city of Chicago that will enable it to invest in significant upgrades to its existing Chicago stores, as well as to re-open a location in the Auburn-Gresham neighborhood that closed in 2020. The grant, combined with other financing and funding from Yellow Banana, will bring approximately $26 million in investment into six locations in underserved communities throughout the city’s south and west sides.

City grant to help Yellow Banana LLC overhaul six stores and reopen a seventh

The grant funding will help Chicago Market move to the build-out phase of a co-op project that has been in the works since 2014.

In one of the country's largest cities, Save A Lot is working on an ambitious plan to remodel six stores and reopen another.

After a wave of grocery closings resulting in food deserts, the city of Chicago on Monday, July 18, announced that it awarded a $13.5 million grant to Yellow

Having received $13.5 million through the city’s Community Development Grant program, the sites of the new stores will be former Save A Lot locations that have been closed in Black and Brown communities over the years.