Johnnie's Foodmaster in Medford to Close

A week after Johnnie's Foodmaster officially announced that its store on Beacon Street would become a Whole Foods, Boston.com has reported the Chelsea-based supermarket chain is closing all its locations, including the one in Medford.

Boston.com says an Illinois-based company, Hilco Merchant Resources, which specializes in liquidation services, has begun closing sales at all of the Johnnie's Foodmaster markets.

There will be discounts of up to 30 percent, and closing sales begin Nov. 2, Boston.com reports.

(Read the full report: Johnnie’s Foodmaster is closing all of its 10 stores, liquidator says)

The Foodmaster in Medford is located at 471 Salem St.