Formal Announcement
EATS thanks member investors and Wintrust Community Bank for helping to create our minority and woman owned social enterprise business. We are grateful for each listed endorsements from U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, State Representatives Lilly, Ford, Turner and Welch as well as State Senators Lightford and Harmon. Together with the endorsement of County Councilman Brandon Johnson (now Mayor Brandon Johnson) we can continue to work toward implementing a sustainable solution for Chicago “food desert” communities.
Putting a healthy supermarket selection and jobs in a community is welcomed and adding the pharmacy is icing on this cake.
Revitalization is more likely by adding the childcare center, teen entrepreneurship program, and coach bus service for seniors and members. Local jobs that include a formerly incarcerated program will benefit our warehouse and culinary teams. The kid zone play and learning center introduces healthy treats to young diets.
The entertainment center, meal tastings and café will be a welcomed substitute for armed security.
An initial City Planning meeting asked us “how soon can you open?” We will go as fast as possible but we will need staff in 3 categories with mostly local hiring.
Apprentice, with little practical experience but, intention to grow and advance.
Expert, knows their job and needs little management to run their position.
Manager, provides the example and training to maintain highest standards of customer service.
We owe a big thank-you to Wintrust Community Bank for their ongoing support and confidence.
Chicago can regain that title of the “City that Works”
EATS Groceries is Ready!! Are you?
Please view our 90-Second Animation below with our endorsements, news interviews and be ready for same day harvested produce (in season)
Thom Alcazar
CEO
EATS Groceries, LLC
What is EATS?
EATS is a unique Food Distribution Warehouse Center
providing a full range of supermarket offerings.
Enjoy QUALITY Produce, Meats, Seafood, and a full range of Deli and Bakery Items at Competitive Prices.
Piggly Wiggly®, America's first true self-service grocery store, was founded in Memphis, Tenn. in 1916. Before that, shoppers would present their grocery orders to clerks who then gathered the goods from the store shelves and handed them to you.
EATS redefines the grocery shopping experience by combining in-store touch-screen shopping technology and state-of-the-art warehousing methods with the highly-customized personal service of an earlier era.
Enjoy multiple ongoing cooking demonstrations of easy and healthy meals with provided tastings.
Per-serving kit pricing with options to buy as meal kits with recipes to prepare at home or as ready-to-eat meals.
Our Concierge Team provides old-fashioned personal service by picking, packing, and loading your selections and placing your items in our courtesy shuttle bus, the trunk of your car, or your personal walk-home cart.
Say goodbye to long checkout lines, unwieldy shopping carts, toting your own groceries, and hello to comfortable seating concierge service that brings your groceries to you in less time than spent in a traditional grocery store.
Shop with a single swipe of your credit, debit, LINK or cash card—WITH NO WAITING LINES.
Relax in the upscale EATS café and dine on the tasty and wholesome meals showcased by our culinary team.
Shop, taste and go with our complimentary concierge service guaranteeing your complete satisfaction with our quality.
And don’t miss our cooking demonstrations by our culinary team with featured celebrity guests including chefs, professional athletes, political members and the entertainment industry!
The EATS Solution
EATS provides a unique solution to underserved communities by:
- Offering affordable, high-quality foods with an emphasis on fresh items
- Combining in-store touch-screen shopping kiosks with cost-efficient warehouse management control systems to maintain competitive pricing, reduce shopping time, and simplify the shopping experience
- Offering courtesy coach bus service for easy access to and from the store
- Providing 30-minute meal demonstrations and take-home meals for busy professionals and families
- Offering health screening and coaching services in partnership with a health research facility
EATS is more than just a grocery store and strives to play a fundamental role in improving the health outcomes of many in our underserved communities by providing affordable, healthy food options in a comfortable and attractive concierge shopping environment; by making easy and affordable meals realistic options for busy families; and by providing health screening and coaching services to help monitor, manage, or even reverse, chronic, degenerative conditions like obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease.
The EATS Concept at a glance
- Full service supermarket with quality selections
- Technology-driven shopping experience
- Concierge service
- Professional chefs perform cooking demos and staff our world-class café
- Food tasting at our meal demonstration kiosks
- Safe and convenient transportation to and from the store
- Local hiring and meaningful employment opportunities with a future
- Health screening and coaching services
- Community development and business anchor to attract and sustain surrounding businesses
- Distribution source for local farmers and suppliers who need an entry to market.
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