Jewel-Osco | Elmhurst, IL

 

944 S. York Street

Welcome to the Butterfield Jewel-Osco!

Thanks to our contributor Calypso, we're headed to the Land of Lincoln! The most popular grocer in Illinois is by far Albertsons-owned Jewel-Osco, commonly known as simply Jewel, so it's no surprise that the first of hopefully many Illinois store tours on the blog is of one. The city of Elmhurst has a history with Jewel dating back to the 1940's, and today we'll be seeing their York and Butterfield location which was built sometime in the mid-80's. Without further adieu, let's take a quick look around!

Produce is on the right side of the store, with the bakery to the left of it. The deli is in the back left corner with meat and seafood following. This store has the Legacy decor from Albertsons, which is essentially the same as Acme's Quality Built with some color changes and the addition of the Albertsons leaf.

A look at the bakery cases. The cursive font seen here is not used by Acme.

And some display cases across from the bakery, plus a very small glimpse at the in-store Huntington Bank branch.

Jumping to the back left corner of the store, where the pharmacy is located. This decor eliminates the branding of the pharmacy, so there's no mention of Osco on the interior. Also, we get a look at the aisle markers, which are identical to the Acme ones other than of course the logo at the bottom.

Beer and wine are in the last two aisles on the left side of the store. Usually, Acme will have dairy and frozen here.

One of the self-checkouts. Acme recently got these Sincerely, Food plastic bags as well, and I have also seen a paper bag version at the Rehoboth Beach Safeway. Albertsons is really going all-in with this.

Other Images of Interest

Street View Images

2022

This store recently had a Starbucks added.

2017

The store was repainted sometime last year. This was prior to TCF Bank being acquired by Huntington.

2012

Judging by the fruit photos above the entrance, I'm assuming this store previously had some variation of the Premium Fresh & Healthy decor.

That is all we have for this Jewel-Osco! Thank you again to Calypso for bringing this store to us, and thanks to you for reading! I hope we'll be able to see even more stores in Chicagoland in the future. See you next week! Sincerely, The Retail Connection.