Stop & Shop Closing Multiple MA Stores Thursday

MASSACHUSETTS — Seven Stop & Shop stores are expected to close by the end of Halloween night. The move comes as officials announced 32 underperforming stores would close across the northeast by Nov. 2.

A store in Newton closed this summer. Now, it'll be joined by locations in Brockton, Halifax, Pembroke, Raynham, Shrewsbury, Springfield and Worcester.

Stop & Shop has close to 400 stores across five states, and is shuttering 32 underperforming locations in New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island.

The company said all of the impacted stores "are anticipated to close on or before Nov. 2, 2024," and that it will communicate specific store closing dates to local customers "well in advance."

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The supermarket chain initially announced plans to close stores in May in an effort to "position the company for growth," and said it will offer jobs at other supermarket locations to workers whose stores will close.

Stop & Shop will also close five stores in Connecticut, 10 in New Jersey, seven in New York and two in Rhode Island. The company said it will still operate more than 350 stores in the Northeast after these closures go into effect.

Officials said employees at the closed stores will be offered jobs at those that will remain open.