by Susan Duclos, All News Pipeline:
Food deserts are described by Very Well Health as “lower-income communities that lack access to nutritious, affordable food. Instead of grocery stores or farmers’ markets, these areas have corner stores or gas stations with limited shelf space for anything other than packaged foods that are convenient and shelf-stable. More often than not, these foods are unhealthy.”
That is about to change very quickly after four years under the Biden regime and the inflation that made it impossible for some families to afford three full meals a day, even when not considered a “food desert.”
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While some prices are going down, to the consternation of President Trump’s critics, a lack of access to foods other than “convenience” type stores selling absolute garbage is now spreading into areas not considered “low income,” but rather middle class areas, because thousands of grocery store, as well as other types of retailers, closed in 2024.
In 2025, that pattern is continuing with the announcement of nine major grocery store chains are shuttering multiple locations this year, 2025.
Unfortunately, things are only going to get worse from here. Coresight Research also issued a grave prediction that 2025 is set to see even more closures, with as many as 15,000 stores closing its doors this year. Grocery stores are set to take a particular hit, and some of your favorites may be more in trouble than you think. Giants like Walmart, Kroger, and Albertsons are set to close several stores in 2025, and others are following suit. Let’s take a look at some of the major chains set to shut some of their doors.
The national media will instantly blame President Trump’s tariffs, which is why we highlighted and linked to the 2024 closures, well before Trump took over as President.
Some key data and reports from Daily Meal.
• Walmart: closing a number of its stores in California throughout 2025, with others in Georgia and Ohio shutting up shop.
• In an earnings call in January 2025, Albertsons’ leaders stated that they would be looking to close some stores over the coming year as part of a streamlining effort.
• In late January, Kroger announced the closure of its Belle Meade Plaza store in Nashville, Kroger will also see its Sterling Ridge location close in The Woodlands, Texas, with a planned final operation date of May 6.
• Winn-Dixie:Two stores in Columbus and Phenix City have announced their closures in April and May, while others in Fort Lauderdale, Jackson, and Orlando have begun the conversion process into Aldis.
• Safeway: 2025 looks to be an incredibly tough year for the supermarket chain, with its stores closing across the country at warp speed.
• Shaw’s store closures in Gloucester, Massachusetts and Concord, New Hampshire were announced in mid-March, with employees being relocated to nearby locations.
• Amazon Fresh: In March 2025, the chain announced the closure of two of its stores California and Virginia, with the Virginia branch to close pretty much immediately and the California one to shut at the end of April.
• Piggly Wiggly: 2025 will see several of its branches closing… – Things got even worse from there on in, with a beloved Piggly Wiggly in Columbia, South Carolina announcing that it was shutting its doors for the final time in March
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