Ronnie Mosley (21st) blasted Aldi after its West Pullman neighborhood store closed over the weekend. Mosley called the closure of the store at 821 W. 115th St. a betrayal. Some residents said they were completely caught off guard by the closure.

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 closing its grocery store in West Pullman, in a move a Far South Side alderman said leaves the neighborhood “without a single grocery store offering affordable, high-quality fresh food.” Aldi is the latest grocer to shutter a supermarket on the city’s South and West sides,

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.

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