Stop & Shop Closing 2 Rhode Island Stores Thursday

PROVIDENCE, RI — Two Stop & Shop stores are expected to close by the end of Halloween night in Rhode Island.

The move comes as officials announced 32 underperforming stores would close across the northeast by Nov. 2. The stores closing include the one at 11 Commerce Way in Johnston and another at 176 Pittman St. in Providence.

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 seven in Massachusetts. 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.

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