By Jin Yu Young Source: The New York Times Rite Aid, once one of America’s biggest pharmacy chains, shut its remaining stores this week after struggling to keep the business alive in recent years. “All Rite Aid stores have now closed,” the company’s website said. “We thank our loyal customers [...]
By Peyton Bigora Source: Grocery Dive Amazon emphasized in a blog post that although it’s closing these Amazon Fresh stores, it will expand online shopping options for groceries and household essentials. Sometime next year, Amazon plans to introduce same-day delivery for perishable groceries alongside everyday essentials and additional products on [...]
By Christian Saclao Source: Geekspin A dozen Safeway stores across three states are set to close this November, a move that will affect communities already grappling with rising prices and limited options. This latest round of closures adds another layer of concern for shoppers. Read on for a full list [...]
By Fernando Haro and Rachel Barnes Source: Patch Grocery giant Kroger announced plans to scale back on brick-and-mortar locations this year, with roughly 60 stores set to close over the next 18 months. In Kroger's first quarter earnings report, which was released on Friday, the nation's second-largest grocery chain behind [...]
Source: The New York Times Walgreens plans to close about 1,200 stores over the next three years, its parent company said on Tuesday, in an effort by the struggling pharmacy giant to cut costs and change focus. The chain, which is owned by Walgreens Boots Alliance, announced the closures in [...]
By Lynn Petrak Source: Progressive Grocer Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has some of its own health issues to attend to, in terms of its business well-being. The retailer lowered its earnings guidance for the rest of the fiscal year and announced plans to shutter potentially thousands of stores within its [...]
By Vivian Chow Source: KTLA.com 99 Cents Only will be closing all of its stores as the company announced plans to wind down its business operations. The company, which was founded in 1982, operates 371 stores across California, Texas, Arizona and Nevada. On Thursday, the company officially announced plans to [...]
By Megan Cerullo Source: CBS News Dollar Tree announced that it is closing 600 of its Family Dollar store locations in 2024. On top of that, the discount retailer also plans to close an additional 370 Family Dollar stores, plus 30 Dollar Tree locations over the next few years, at [...]
By J. Edward Moreno Source: The New York Times Family Dollar will close nearly 1,000 stores, a move its executives say is a result of declining sales and economic headwinds. Dollar Tree, which owns Family Dollar, said Wednesday that it would close 600 Family Dollar locations this year and phase [...]
By Nate Delesline III Source: Grocery Dive Walmart plans to close its technology and business innovation unit, Store No. 8, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing an internal memo. Some of the unit’s innovations include Walmart’s in-home delivery service and text and voice shopping. Since its founding seven [...]