CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Aldi grocery store at 821 West 115th Street in the West Pullman neighborhood has closed, according to Ald. Ronnie Mosley (21st). The alderman said his office received a call informing him that the grocery store chain would close the ...

The closing of an Aldi grocery store in the West Pullman neighborhood has angered an alderman who says the company broke a promise. The store at 115th and Halsted Streets abruptly closed on Sunday. Ald.

CHICAGO (WGN) — Chicagoans who live in the city’s West Pullman neighborhood pulled up to find their neighborhood grocery store closed for business this week. “I was here a few days ago and I noticed it was empty,” Ebony Williams said. “I thought ...

Meanwhile, the Batavia-based company opened a Forest Park location last week as it continues a national expansion plan, announced earlier this year.

Aldi is in an all-out expansion blitz, but for some Chicago residents it feels like a different story. The discount grocery chain abruptly closed its store in West Pullman on Sunday, just six weeks after shutting down another location in Lincoln Park.

The sudden closure of West Pullman’s Aldi, 821 W. 115th St., came one year after Ald. Ronnie Mosley (21st) met with company representatives who “assured our community that they were here to stay,” Mosley said in a statement. At the time, Aldi leaders said they also intended to remodel and expand the store, Mosley said.

Aldi closed its West Pullman location Sunday, leaving the Far South Side neighborhood without a nearby grocery store.