UPDATE: Stop & Shop has released the locations of more than two dozen stores it plans to close by the end of this year.
Amid the news that some retailers are lowering prices on hundreds of products for their customers comes the news that a major supermarket chain is planning to close an unspecified number of grocery stores.
Ahold Delhaize, the parent company of the Massachusetts-based Stop & Shop, made the announcement during a late May strategy meeting.
The company’s CEO, JJ Fleeman, stated the closing of some of the retailers’ 400 locations will not only “create a healthy store base,” but also “ensure a stable future for the brand.”
Fleeman added the company is focused on immediately bringing down costs for the customers.
While a list of stores that will close has yet to be released the CEO said stores that have been underperforming would be the first to go.
Since 2018, nearly 200 locations have been modeled and according to their data those stores have outperformed those which have not been updated.
The company plans to put all their “focus on the markets that are most important, including those where the brand has strong density, holds a strong market position, or has stores that are performing well.”
Stop & Shop is concentrated in the Northeast, with locations in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey.
On July 12, the company released a list of 32 “underperforming” stores that would be closed on or before November 2.
Rhode Island
- 11 Commerce Way, Johnston
- 176 Pittman St., Providence (Eastside Marketplace)
Massachusetts
- 932 North Montello St., Brockton
- 36 New State Highway, Raynham
- 341 Plymouth St., Halifax
- 539-571 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury
- 165 Needham St., Newton (bfresh Market)
- 415 Cooley St., Springfield
- 545 Lincoln St., Worcester
- 24 Mattakeesett St., Pembroke
Connecticut
- 100 Division St., Ansonia
- 211 High St., Torrington
- 1937 West Main St., Stamford
- 855 Bridgeport Ave., Milford
- 72 Newtown Road, Danbury
New York
- 2965 Cropsey Ave., Brooklyn
- 130 Wheatley Plaza, Greenvale
- 7 Samsondale Plaza, West Haverstraw
- 294 Middle Country Road, Coram
- 240 East Sanford Blvd., Mt. Vernon
- 132 Fulton Ave., Hempstead
- 2525 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow
New Jersey
- 1083 Inman Ave., Edison
- 1049 US Highway 1 South, Edison
- 4861 US Highway 9, Howell
- 1278 US Highway 22, Phillipsburg
- 581 Stelton Rd., Piscataway
- 625 Paterson Ave., Carlstadt
- 1221 State Route 27, Franklin Township
- 130 Skyline Dr., Ringwood
- 505 Richmond Ave, Point Pleasant Beach
- 2275 West County Line Rd., Jackson
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