5 NY ShopRite Stores Permanently Close

Supermarket chain ShopRite has permanently closed five of its New York stores.

11/22/2023 6:30 a.m.

The closures are all in the Capital Region, WRGB CBS 6 reports:

Albany County: Albany, Colonie, and Slingerlands
Rensselaer County: North Greenbush
Schenectady County: Niskayuna

The locations were initially slated to close in early December 2023, but the company told WRGB it didn’t have the inventory to keep the doors open any longer.

Affected employees will be paid through January 2024, one worker told the outlet.

Earlier Report: ShopRite To Close 5 Capital Region Locations: Here's Rundown

ShopRite, which launched in the mid-1940s, has stores in six states: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.

Click here for the full report from WRGB.

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