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Article: Jewel makes 2nd try at small-scale store
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- September 18, 2008
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How does a grocer keep up with a fast-paced customer base? Apparently, in small steps.
That's the case with Jewel-Osco, which is testing a small specialty foods convenience store in Lincoln Park.
The company's Urban Fresh, by Jewel store opens today at 1910 N. Clybourn Ave. At 16,000 square feet, it's about a quarter of the size of an average Jewel-Osco location and pushes upscale and organic foods, including fully cooked meals, gourmet sandwiches and desserts and ready-to-cook items.
The setup -- foods are grouped into pods to make for quick pickings of salads and deli items and of 10 checkout stations, six are self-service -- is meant to appeal to the youthful, monied and rushed ...