The supermarket chains in the Chicago area have almost all been bought out by larger companies or folded.

Eagle had been around for over 100 years but folded two years ago. Some of their locations have been 'taken over' by other stores, though there are a couple that still sit vacant. Dominick's is now owned by Safeway, Jewel by Albertson's. Cub Foods I _think_ is part of SuperValu, out of Minnesota. The big thing here is the competition they get from Wal-Mart, including Supercenters, Target, including Super Target stores, and Meijer out of Michigan. K-Mart is still here, but in much smaller numbers. And it almost seems as if there are as many Walgreen's opening up as Starbucks, and they (Walgreens, not Starbucks) all carry some food products. It's very competitive, with very tight margins. I wouldn't be surprised to see further consolidation....