Comings & Goings: Berkot's to Hold Job Fair for Orland Park Store

Berkot’s Super Foods is fast remodeling the former Green Food & Produce at 11333 W. 159th St. at the Wolf Crossing Plaza in Orland Park to open its latest store in the location.

The Mokena-based grocery store chain is ready to start hiring workers for the Orland store, which will be the company’s 14th location.

A job fair to find full-time and part-time employees for the Orland store will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 31, at 11267 W. 159th St., which is a storefront in the Wolf Plaza.

“We’ll be interviewing people during the job fair,” Berkot’s spokesman Jeff Jackson said in a news release.

Prospective employees are invited to download and complete employment applications from the company’s website at www.berkotfoods.com. 

“We were very happy to hear that Berkot’s had chosen Orland Park as the location of their newest store,” Mayor Dan McLaughlin said in the release.

For information about the company and the job fair, visit the Berkot’s website or call the at 815-463-5046.

Word of the new Berkot’s location was first reported in this column back in October.

Chamber Expo in Tinley This Weekend

A totally revamped Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce Business & Community Expo will fill the Tinley Park Convention Center on Friday and Saturday.

The Expo is free and will run from 3 p.m.-7 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. Parking is free.

The Expo will feature vendor booths and exhibits, as well as entertainment including a balloonist, face painter and magician, and a raffle for a free dishwasher.

There will be a food drive for area food pantries and an electronics recycling collection area.

“Since so many of our members offer products and services, this will allow exhibitors to showcase their businesses to consumers,” Brenna Norder, vice chair of business activities, said in a release. “The community will have the chance to see much of what Southland offers and get some great convention deals.”

is at 18451 Convention Center Drive. For information, visit the chamber website www.ChicagoSouthland.com or call the chamber at 708-957-6950.

Whitley to Address Tinley Chamber

Illinois Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Doug Whitley will address the monthly meeting of the Tinley Park Chamber of Commerce at 8:15 a.m. Thursday, March 29, at the Odyssey Country Club, 19110 S. Ridgeland Ave.

Before joining the Illinois Chamber, Whitley was president of Ameritech Illinois. He served two years as director of the Illinois Department of Revenue under Gov. Jim Edgar. For 14 years he was president of the Taxpayers Federation of Illinois, and before that he was a legislative staff member for the Illinois House of Representatives.

Free admission with a business card.

RSVP to the chamber at www.tinleychamber.org or at 708-532-5700.

Job Expo For Veterans

The Illinois Department of Employment Security and U.S. Chamber are sponsoring the second annual Hire Our Heroes career expo from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28, at the Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave.

More than 100 Chicago-area businesses will be on hand. Veterans should dress appropriately, bring resumes and be prepared for brief interviews. Job-seekers can pre-register at www.uschamber.com.

Civilians can also attend.

If you see a new business in town or wonder what happened to an old favorite, drop me a line at bob@chicago-patch.com.

You can also catch up on Comings & Goings in other parts of the Southland at www.southlandbusinessnews.blogspot.com.