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Natick Business Buzz: ALDI opening; CPK survives; Fran’s Flowers moves

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Our roundup of the latest Natick, Mass., business news:

ALDI opening

Thursday is the grand opening for Natick’s new ALDI supermarket at Cloverleaf Mall, in between Harbor Freight Tools and Burlington Coat Factory.

ALDI will be open 9am-8pm seven days a week.

Aldi, which has more than 2,000 stores across the country, primarily sells (90%) products under its own label, and boasts big savings.

ALDI opening

CPK Chapter 11 plan approved

California Pizza Kitchen, which has a location at the Natick Mall, has had its Chapter 11 reorganization approved in the courts, and now it plans to carry on with a lower debt load.

So for now, the Natick restaurant continues to operate.

Downtown ballroom do over

MetroWest Daily News reports (subscription required) that an old and long unused 5,000 sq. ft. ballroom in the Clark Building in Natick Center could be transformed soon into office space.

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Fran’s Flowers has moved

Fran’s Flowers is moving once again for what the 40-year old garden business hopes will be for good. Let’s hope third time’s the charm for the much-loved plants place, which has been semi-nomadic ever since it lost its long-time spot a few years ago in the former Building 19 parking lot parking lot at the Route 9/27 plaza in Natick.
Fran's Flowers
For a while Fran’s operated out of the “snow farm” parking lot near Shoppers World. Then it was over to the Kohl’s lot in Framingham. Now they’ve transplanted themselves 900 feet down the road, between Shoppers World and Walmart. Some readers may remember the location as being the former home of Walpole Woodworkers.

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