Southeastern Grocers
Supermarket sales are a concern as well. Southern Grocers’ portfolio includes stores like Winn-Dixie, Bi-Lo, and Harveys. Southern Grocers announced the closing of 22 sites on March 25, 2019. This decision was made in a handful of months following the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy. During that time, 94 of the company’s locations had to be shut down. With 13 shops due to go, Bi-Lo is the most vulnerable of the three businesses it supervises.
Shopko
Shopko has announced for the first time that 70% of its locations will close by May 2019. They’ve altered their minds and now want all of the stores to close permanently. Shopko entered bankruptcy in January 2019 in the hopes of finding a buyer who would save the company. It attempted to sell all of its inventory but was unable to find a buyer. As a result, all of its locations will be shut down by June of next year.