One Of Largest Grocery Chain Announced To Close Its Stores Permanently

This northeastern supermarket cooperative shuttered more than a handful of locations in 2023. In July, the retailer closed a store in East Norrinton, Pa., a location that was ultimately replaced by a new Acme store.

Then in December, ShopRite closed five stores in the Capital Region surrounding Albany, N.Y. The affected stores included Albany, Colonie, Niskayuna, Slingerlands, and North Greenbush.

According to the company, these stores were underperforming, and ShopRite hasn’t been able to “sustain the level of sales needed to keep the stores operating today.”

Going forward, the grocery chain plans to close yet another New York location—one in Ellenville in Oct. 2024. Like the other recent New York closures, ShopRite said it doesn’t have “sufficient sales” to continue running this store.