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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration passes on state funding for publicly owned grocery store

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Mayor Brandon Johnson first raised the idea of a publicly owned grocery store in September 2023 .

He framed the idea as a way to improve food access on the city’s South and West Sides .

Critics have expressed skepticism that the city, lacking in-house grocery expertise, could pull the project off.

Chicago could be the first major U.S. city to open a publicly-owned grocery store.