Chain Closing 4 More Grocery Stores In MD

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — Four more Shoppers grocery stores will close by early November, including three in Prince George's County.

United Natural Foods, Inc., which acquired Shoppers Food & Pharmacy in 2018, said in a statement provided to USA Today on Oct. 23 that the company "realizes the stores are important to those who work, shop and live in Washington D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia," the regions primarily served by the affected grocery stores.

However, the company has decided to close four Maryland stores in the DMV to "strengthen the business for the future," including three in Laurel, College Park and Capitol Heights. The company previously closed other Maryland locations in Essex, New Carrollton, Waldorf and Westminster, Patch reported previously.

According to UNFI, stores closing by early November include:

• College Park: 4720 Cherry Hill Road
• Laurel: 13600 Baltimore Ave., Suite 100
• Capitol Heights: 4801 Marlboro Pike
• Germantown: 18066 Mateny Road

Shoppers in Montgomery County suspected something was up after the Shoppers Food in Germantown stopped selling donuts in advance of the store's closing, The MoCo Show reported.