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Jewel-Osco Remodel

Local grocery shopping landscape changes

April 13, 2018

While the weather remains stubbornly wintry, this spring brings a million-dollar refresh to the 15-year-old Woodstock Jewel-Osco on Eastwood Drive and a shuttering of the Shop Fresh just up the […]

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Grocery Store Has New Owner

November 26, 2017

  An independent grocery store is under new management after a Woodstock man purchased the business. Armando Escutia bought Shop Fresh Market, 330 N. Eastwood Drive, in early September, less […]

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