Cease & Store mentioned Friday it should shut 32 underperforming grocery shops within the Northeast U.S. by the tip of the yr.
The chain, which is owned by the Dutch grocery store firm Ahold Delhaize, mentioned it should shut 10 shops in New Jersey, eight shops in Massachusetts, seven shops in New York, 5 shops in Connecticut and two shops in Rhode Island.
The corporate mentioned staff at affected shops could be supplied different jobs throughout the firm. Requested by The Related Press how many individuals are employed on the 32 shops, Cease & Store wouldn’t say.
Cease & Store President Gordon Reid mentioned in a press release that the corporate determined to shut the shops to create a “healthy base for the future growth of our brand.”
Ahold Delhaize mentioned in Might that it deliberate to shut some Cease & Store areas as a part of a plan to strengthen the model. The corporate mentioned it needs to construct new shops and rework remaining ones, enhance the variety of store-brand merchandise it affords and cut back costs.
Burt Flickinger, a longtime retail marketing consultant and proprietor of Strategic Useful resource Group, mentioned lots of Cease & Store’s issues have been self-inflicted. The model closed recent meat and seafood counters in some shops, for instance, which lower down on the quantity prospects spent in these shops.
Cease & Store can be getting squeezed by huge rivals like Walmart and Costco, and low cost chains like Aldi and Lidl.
“Wherever a Target, a Walmart a Costco or a BJ’s has been built, a Stop and Shop’s in jeopardy,” Flickinger mentioned. “While they have a plan going forward, I’m not sure the plan’s going to be fully competitive given the intensifying level of competition.”
Cease & Store, which received its begin in 1914 in Somerville, Massachusetts, operates round 400 grocery shops and has 60,000 staff.
Full checklist of shops closing
Massachusetts
932 North Montello St., Brockton
36 New State Freeway, Raynham
341 Plymouth St., Halifax
539-571 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury
165 Needham St., Newton (bfresh Market)
415 Cooley St., Springfield (1600 Boston Street and 1277 Liberty St., Springfield will stay open)
545 Lincoln St. Worcester (940 West Boylston St. and 949 Grafton St., Worcester will stay open)
24 Mattakeesett St., Pembroke (125 Church St., Pembroke will stay open)
New Jersey
1083 Inman Ave., Edison
1049 US Freeway 1 South, Edison
4861 US Freeway 9, Howell
1278 US Freeway 22, Phillipsburg
581 Stelton Street, Piscataway
625 Paterson Ave., Carlstadt
1221 State Route 27, Franklin Township
130 Skyline Drive, Ringwood
505 Richmond Ave, Level Nice Seashore
2275 West County Line Street, Jackson
New York
2965 Cropsey Ave., Brooklyn
130 Wheatley Plaza, Greenvale
7 Samsondale Plaza, West Haverstraw
294 Center Nation Street, Coram
240 East Sanford Blvd., Mt. Vernon
132 Fulton Ave., Hempstead
2525 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow
Connecticut
100 Division St., Ansonia
211 Excessive St., Torrington (931 Torringford St., Torrington will stay open)
1937 West Foremost St., Stamford (2200 Bedford St., Stamford will stay open)
855 Bridgeport Ave., Milford (1360 East City Street, Milford will stay open)
72 Newtown Street, Danbury (44 Lake Ave. Ext., Danbury will stay open)
Rhode Island
11 Commerce Method, Johnston
176 Pittman St., Windfall (Eastside Market)
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