Joliet Cub Foods Store Will Become Northern Illinois Food Bank

JOLIET, IL - The Northern Illinois Food Bank will be moving into the old Cub Foods building on South Larkin Avenue. On Monday, the food bank announced it has signed a lease to occupy 18,000-square-feet within the facility. According to its press release, Northern Illinois Food Bank plans to open the South Suburban Center inside the building owned by Harvest Bible Church.

The opening of a facility in Joliet marks the fourth food distribution center for the Northern Illinois Food Bank. Its other locations are in Rockford, Park City and Geneva. The old Cub Foods property will serve residents of Will, Grundy, Kendall and Kankakee counties, Northern Illinois Food Bank indicated.

"Our South Suburban Center will help us better address the issue of hunger in some of our high-need counties - areas that were difficult to reach from our existing locations," Northern Illinois Food Bank CEO Julie Yurko said in a press statement. "With this center, we'll be able to better support our local agency partners with fresh produce, dairy items and other nutritious foods, as well as get these items to those in need more efficiently."

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