GLOUCESTER, Mass. \u2014 Shaw\u2019s Supermarket plans to close a pair of stores in New England, including one in Massachusetts and one in New Hampshire.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the West Bridgewater-based grocery chain confirmed to Boston 25 News that locations at 7 Railroad Avenue in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and 20 Fort Eddy Road in Concord, New Hampshire, will be shuttered.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike all retailers, we\u2019re constantly evaluating the performance of our stores,\u201d the spokesperson said in a statement. \u201cClosing a location is always a tough decision, but we\u2019re focused on continuing to provide the products and services our customers value most.\u201d<\/p>\n
Associates of the impacted stores will be relocated to nearby locations, according to the chain.<\/p>\n
Shaw\u2019s encouraged customers of the Gloucester store to visit a second location in the North Shore town at 127 Eastern Avenue, as well as locations at 71 Dodge Street in Beverly and the North Shore Plaza in Peabody. A second Shaw\u2019s is also located at 20 D\u2019Amante Drive in Concord.<\/p>\n
An exact closing date for the stores wasn\u2019t immediately clear.<\/p>\n
The Shaw\u2019s online store locator indicates the chain has 54 stores across Massachusetts, 25 in New Hampshire, 19 in Maine, 19 in Vermont, and eight in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n
Albertsons, the parent company of Shaw\u2019s, recently gave up on its merger with Kroger and announced a lawsuit, saying the chain didn\u2019t do enough to secure regulatory approval for the $24.6 billion agreement.<\/p>\n
Kroger and Albertsons in 2022 proposed what would be the largest grocery store merger in U.S. history. The companies said at the time that a merger would help them better compete with big retailers like Walmart, Costco, and Amazon.<\/p>\n
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