Earth Fare is closing all their stores!

[raccoon]

I thought the economy was supposed to be doing so wonderfully!

Asheville-based Earth Fare to close all stores, company says
Liquidation sales at all stores to feature 'significant price reductions'

WYFF 4Updated: 11:45 AM EST Feb 3, 2020
ASHEVILLE, N.C. —

The Asheville-based natural and organic grocery store and supermarket Earth Fare announced Monday that it will close all of its stores and begin inventory liquidation sales at all outlets.

WYFF.com

[virgogal]

1. Economy or not,some stores just close for lack of business.

[raccoon]

2. Well, I hate to see them close. They have a good hot bar.

The local store, they just did a bunch of renovations about a year ago.

[OriginalGeek]

3. I never even heard of them until a few days ago

When they announced that all our Florida Lucky's markets were closing. People started saying maybe Earth-Fare could move into closed Lucky's locations. Apparently we have some EFs here. I guess it's a good thing I never went and fell in love with them.

I don't much care for Whole Foods, I like Trader Joe's but the closest one is an hour away from my house so I don't get there very often but they've been building a Lucky's 2 miles from my house for a year until I guess a couple weeks ago. It was almost done and now it will remain empty. Our local neighborhood associate is lobbying TJs to take the space.

[HAB911]

4. Lucky's Market(Kroger majority owner) leaving FL. Pier 1 closing half its stores

https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2020/01/21/luckys-market-is-pulling-out-florida-closing-st-petersburg-store/


https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2020/01/07/pier-1-will-cut-up-to-half-its-locations-leaving-the-future-of-tampa-bay-stores-unclear/

lots of brick and mortar stores closing

[The Genealogist]

5. Lucky's is closing their store in my city as well

I was only in it one time. I thought it was a very nice store, and they carried a lot of products I had not seen before. But no way could I afford to shop there regularly. I was surprised to see so many people on my trip there. This is hardly a well to do city.

[CottonBear]

6. Yikes! There's one in my town. It replaced a local grocery store in the same location

after the local store closed due to a fire. It’s located in a important, walkable in-town neighborhood center.

[rickford66]

7. 50 years ago we drove 3 hours to an organic farm for produce.

Now our local super markets have a large selection. Less need for specialty food stores.

[unc70]

8. EF market area has intense competition

It is heavily in the Carolinas. Like most everywhere, they face Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, et al and strong traditional chains like Harris Teeter. They are based in Asheville and their region heavily overlaps with that of Greensboro-based The Fresh Market.

[helpisontheway]

9. They just built a new store here last year. Nt