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Dominick's

is in the Food Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.0B
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

In 1918 Dominick DiMatteo, who had arrived in Chicago from Italy only nine years earlier, had two major events occur. He opened his own deli at 3832 W.Ohio Avenue. And that same year his son, Dominick DiMatteo, Jr., was born. Together they were to build one of the most successful chains of food stores in the heartland of America. Dominick's Finer Foods started as a true neighborhood store, focused on the best in Italian foods, the freshest meats and produce, and service that included interacting with customers on a first-name basis. A second Dominick's opened in 1934. Though it was the depths of the Depression, the original formula of personalized neighborhood service assured the store's success. When the first supermarkets opened after WWII, the Dominick DiMatteo father-and-son management team seized the opportunity for expansion. In 1950 their corner store concept was transformed into 14,000 square feet on W. North Ave., becoming the cornerstone of their chain of supermarkets...

Contact Information

711 Jorie Blvd

Oak Brook, Illinois 60523

www.dominicks.c...

1 630 891 5000

NAICS Code All Other Specialty Food Stores: 445299

News & Analysis

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  • South Elgin Dominick's will check out soon.(News)

    - 2007-05-16

    Byline: Rob Phillips rphillips@@dailyherald.com A 5-year-old Dominick's grocery store in South Elgin will close in less than a month, company officials said. A spokeswoman for Dominick's Finer Foods, at 622 Randall Road, said Tuesday that the location doesn't fit...

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  • Fence Post.(News)(Letter to the editor)

    - 2007-05-11

    Thanks for plenty of food drive donations On behalf of the Realtors and staff of Baird & Warner's north Randall office in Carpenters-ville, we'd like to thank the generous people of Elgin and Carpentersville for their overwhelming participation in our Goodwill Network Food Drive...

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  • Council could end development plans.(News)

    - 2007-05-09

    Byline: Ashok Selvam Daily Herald Staff Writer Business owners waiting for a definitive answer to the progress of the Dominick's development in Rolling Meadows are seeing their patience tested. They're not alone, as City Manager Tom Melena said Tuesday that if...

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  • Neighbor Fencepost.(Neighbor)(Letter to the editor)

    - 2007-05-07

    214 incumbents grateful for support To the editor: We want to thank all of the citizens of District 214 who voted for us and High School District 214 on April 17. District 214 has a long history of providing students of our communities with ...

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  • Owners fume as Dominick's project stalls.(News)

    - 2007-04-24

    Byline: Ashok Selvam Daily Herald Staff Writer Don't expect construction on the shuttered Dominick's site until at least later this summer. Aug. 1 is the new estimated closing date for developer Bristol Chicago LLC to reach relocation agreements with the current tenants...

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