6 major grocery chains that have closed places
Even some of the most important and most expensive channels have been affected this year.
Strangely, the pandemic of Covid-19 didgrocery stores One of the most viable companies left in the retail sale of bricks and mortar. But for years, changes in the industry and how we buy it slowly eroded the number of supermarkets at the disposal of the United States to go shopping and even some of the most important and most expensive channels took a shot. As people start to fill their digital carts instead of pushing a physics through the aisles, the effects ofonline shopping Let's start taking a toll on the industry in the form of widespread store closures.
"The weak and regional grocers' prospects are becoming increasingly stimulating in a rapidly changing digital feeding landscape, Kelly Bania, Analyst at BMO Capital Markets has written in a research note to customers.
According toAnalytics INMAR, the number of supermarkets in the United States decreased by 1.3% last year to less than 25,000 as large mothers such as SuperValu, the grocers of the southeast and the high tens of their stores through the country,Cnn reports.The company has also predicted that the number of US supermarkets will decrease by 6% over the next five years.
So what brands have seen some of their stores go dark? These are the six grocery chains that have closed locations in recent months. And for more, be sure to check these8 grocery items that can soon be in the short diet.
Earth Do: All 50 Places
Even on a market responding more and more to increasingly ending products and organic products, the North Carolina Grocery Land Price still could not meet the two ends. In February, the chainannouncement They would closing the 50 of their stores - mainly located in the South and would be in liquidating their assets. In the Declaration, the company said that "the persistent challenges in the retail sector hindered the progress of society" to refinance its debt.
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Chance Market: 30 stores
Lucky's, a high-end market founded by chiefs who have charged as a source of "organic for 99%", could not survive the competition of the steep market and was forced to close the 30 of its 30 Locations in January 2020. "The portfolio of corporate stores could not reach sustainable four-wall profitability,"The company said in his bankruptcy deposit. Related:5 major grocery chains that have deposited for bankruptcy.
Fairway: 14 stores
A pillar of New York City for generations, Fairway finally succumbed to their long-term financial misfortunes andannouncement In January 2020, they would close the 14 of their stores. The company has managed to sell five of its locations in the City of New York in Village Super Market (which has the Shoprite chain) and is currently looking for buyers for its remaining stores. Related:5 ways of grocery stores change radically.
Shoppers: 17 stores
United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFDI) did news in December when theyannouncement They would closing 17 of their stores in Virginia and Maryland. The grocery chain, which has seen stores begin to decline over the last decade, it has only 9 locations still in business. Related:This beloved candy chain depends on bankruptcy.
Southeast epicators: 22 stores
Just a year after bankruptcy, the grocers of the southeast-the parent company who owns Bi-Lo,Winn-Dixie, and Harveys-announcement They would get a strip of supermarkets that they described as "underperformance". They closed 13 Bi-Lo places, seven Winn-Dixies stores and two Harvesys throughout the south, bringing the total number of shops focused on 22. "We realize that the closure of an underperformant store in these Communities can be difficult. We do not take these decisions lightly and only makes this difficult choice after special attention to its impact on our employees and that our customers have been made, "said Joe Caldwell, principal director of Corporate communications in SEG, stated in a declaration. Related:The most underestimated foods of the grocery store right now .
Dean & Deluca: 60 stores
After starting as a small shop specializing in the SOHO district of Manhattan in the 1970s and became one of the most beloved high-end grocery shopping options in the nation, Dean & Deluca started closing its stores in July 2019 Once the suppliers have started to announce that they were not paid for their products by the chain. All their 60 sites, which have traveled everywhere Kansas in Tokyo, have since on the top.
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