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.

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,

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.

Residents of Chicago’s West Pullman neighborhood are venting their frustrations after an Aldi store abruptly closed its doors, leaving many wondering where to access fresh food.

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.