Cub Foods becomes Shop ‘n Save this weekend

Cub Foods at the Glen Hollow shopping center will officially become a Shop ‘n Save this weekend. The store will close Saturday night for the last time as Cub Foods, then reopen Sunday morning as Shop ‘n Save.

Cub Foods opened in January 1994 as one of the original tenants of Glen Hollow. The grocery store replaced Randall’s in Westlake Shopping Center as both stores were owned by Randall Stores of Mitchell, South Dakota, at the time. Randall’s Cub Foods stores were acquired by Minnesota-based SuperValu, Inc., in 1998. SuperValu also owns Shop ‘n Save, Save-a-Lot, Jewel-Osco, and several other chains. Cub Foods in Midtown Plaza closed in March 2009, and the space is still vacant. Save-a-Lot in Campustown closed in January of this year, and the space is currently being used by Bradley University. Glen Hollow, Midtown, and Campustown were all developed by David Joseph.

The Glen Hollow store is changing brands in order to be more competitive on prices with discount grocers such as Wal-Mart. Shop ‘n Save will offer lower prices, while still offering a mix of brand-name and private-label products.