Ultra Foods opens in Prospect Heights

Prospect Heights celebrated the grand opening of Ultra Foods Tuesday morning, the new full service grocery at 1241 N. Rand Road.

Ultra Foods spent about $13 million to remodel the 87,000-square-foot store which had been a Dominick's until that store closed nearly nine years ago.

"Ultra is a class operation, and this store will be a showcase," Mayor Nick Helmer said. "That's why it has taken longer than we thought to open. They had to revamp everything: floors, ceilings, walls. It is one of the most beautiful stores in the area and will rival anything on the market today."

The store is expected to employ about 300 people both part-time and full-time, and is the chain's 12th outlet in the area.

The Prospect Heights store has a deli that carries domestic and European specialties and the store stocks an assortment of Polish, Eastern European, Russian, German, Italian, Mediterranean, Indian, kosher and Hispanic items in its international aisles.