Butera begins special sale only at St. Charles location

ST. CHARLES – A family-owned supermarket chain has started a special sale at its St. Charles location, and its president is mum on what it might mean for the future of the store.

The Butera Market at 2732 E. Main St. in St. Charles on Saturday began an inventory reduction sale on select items at its store. Products such as frozen entrées, a variety of ethnic food and pet food are 20 percent off, and Butera is advertising the sale via handwritten signs in the store’s front doors and windows.

The St. Charles location is the only store out of Butera’s 10 current stores that is holding the special sale, Butera Market President Joseph Butera said Tuesday. He said he was directed to reduce the inventory of the store and generate more sales on some of the store’s slower categories, and he had little else to say on the status of the St. Charles location.

“We have not made an official announcement, and I am not intending to do so today,” Butera said. “The store remains open ... it’s business as usual.”

If and when any Butera location is closed, it’s always the company’s plan to offer employees a chance to transfer to the other locations, Butera said.

The company’s latest location opened Aug. 24 and was a former Piggly Wiggly at 998 W. Army Trail Road in Carol Stream. A second Elgin location will open by year’s end in Tyler Creek Plaza, Butera said.

“It would never be our intention to lose any employees,” he said. “We would hope that all our employees stay with us.”

The St. Charles Butera opened on March 10, 2004, Butera said.