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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 road after a little more than six months under new ownership. Jewel-Osco store director Jason Mancusi could not confirm a remodeling dollar amount. Woodstock’s Economic […]
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 than a year and a half after the grocery store opened in May 2016. Before that, the space housed Wisted’s Supermarket. “We knew it was […]
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