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I'm not sure if this is the right place for this news, but Blommer's corner store on Kinzie and Desplaines is closing the 3rd week of February. I was in there today talking to a couple of employees. I'm pretty bummed but it is what it is. Just to be clear, this is just the store, not the factory itself.

The employees I spoke with said the new Japanese parent company (Fuji Oil) is going to put a new lobby on the corner and make some other investments in the building. I'll be interested to see what happens in the future as I've heard talk of both expanding the plant to nearby vacant lots and closing it all together.