STOP & Shop customers worried about where they will shop after the company announced 32 stores would close.
The retailer is closing stores across the Northeast until November 2nd.
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That could make shopping for Thanksgiving dinner particularly difficult for customers in New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Customers in New Jersey will be the ones closing the most, as ten stores will close.
“Howell and Jackson are included, how sad. The city will have nothing left”, he wrote Michael Franzone in a Facebook post.
Howell Township is about an hour east of Philadelphia.
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Local residents said they preferred Stop & Shop to ShopRite because the latter is “always chaos.”
“I expected Howell to stay open. ShopRite will raise prices once again,” commented one shopper.
Customers at the nearby Carlstadt store were equally devastated by the closure.
“It’s very sad for the Carlstadt community! It’s a great store that serves so many people!” commented Rose Plosia in a Facebook post.
“A large pharmacy is also lost.”
Another buyer also praised the pharmacy.
“Carlstadt Pharmacy is excellent. Pharmacist Jack and his staff have always been very friendly and pleasant and have gone above and beyond,” replied Jade Garland.
“They will be greatly missed.”
After the closures, Stop & Shop will have 359 stores.
WHY ARE STORES CLOSING?
Company president Gordon Reis said the closures would create a healthy foundation for the brand’s future growth.
“Stop & Shop evaluated its global store portfolio and made the difficult decision to close underperforming stores to create a healthy foundation for our brand’s future growth,” he said in a press release.
Employees will be offered vacancies within the company.
32 Stop & Shop locations closed
Stop & Shop announced the closure of 32 locations in the Northeast.
All stores will be closed until November 2nd.
Connecticut:
- 100 Division St., Ansonia
- 211 High Street, Torrington
- 1937 West Main Street, Stamford
- 855 Bridgeport Ave., Milford
- 72 Newtown Road, Danbury
Massachusetts:
- 932 North Montello St., Brockton
- 36 New State Highway, Raynham
- 341 Plymouth St., Halifax
- 539-571 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury
- 165 Needham Street, Newton
- 415 Cooley St., Springfield
- 545 Lincoln St.
- 24 Mattakeesett St., Pembroke
New Jersey:
- 1083 Inman Ave., Edison
- 1049 US Highway 1 South, Edison
- 4861 U.S. Highway 9, Howell
- 1278 U.S. Highway 22, Phillipsburg
- 581 Stelton Rd., Piscataway
- 625 Paterson Avenue, Carlstadt
- 1221 State Route 27, Franklin Township
- 130 Skyline Dr.
- 505 Richmond Ave, Point Pleasant Beach
- 2275 West County Line Rd., Jackson
New York:
- 2965 Cropsey Avenue, Brooklyn
- 130 Wheatley Plaza, Greenvale
- 7 Samsondale Plaza, West Haverstraw
- 294 Middle Country Road, Coram
- 240 East Sanford Blvd., Mt.
- 132 Fulton Ave., Hempstead
- 2525 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow
Rhodes Island:
- 11 Way of Commerce, Johnston
- Pittman Street, 176, Providence
“Stop & Shop is focused on growth through large, multi-year investments in pricing and a stronger customer value proposition, both in-store and online,” Reid continued.
“This means we will be focused on offering lower prices every day, as well as delivering even more savings for our customers through strong promotions.”
The retailer has remodeled more than 190 stores and found that they perform better than other stores.
“We are taking these learnings and implementing them in other stores as we build our strong foundation,” he said.
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